Lucius/James/Ginny's age & birthdays

[mongo62aa]

No: HPFGUIDX 77902

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "lily_paige_delaney" 
<lily_paige_delaney at y...> wrote:

Another thing that I found intersting towards the end of OoP is when 
Harry is trying to go to the MoM without Ginny, Neville and Luna.  
Harry tries to tell Ginny she is too young but Ginny says she is 
three years older than he was when he fought Voldemort for the PS.  
Harry was 11.

So Ginny is still 14 on this day in June although we don't know what 
the date is.  The reason I find this interesting is that Ron's 
birthday is 1 March.  Which means Ginny's birthday must now be 
between mid/late June (depending on the date)because she hasn't 
turned 15 as of this time, and the end of September (which seems to 
be the cut off date for Hogwarts).

I think my theory about Ginny's birthday being June 21 is looking 
shaky now!  I was sure that other smashed prophecy "at the solistice 
will come another" referred to her but now I've got doubts.  Any 
thoughts on this?

Me (Bill):

The events at the MoM had to have happened at least a week before 
the train back to King's Cross Station, and probably longer, 
according to the Lexicon.

OotP does not say when the term ended, but in PS/SS, the Lexicon 
states that the Hogwarts express left on June 20, in CoS, it was 
June 19, in PoA, it was June 18, and in GoF, it was July 3. (???)

A week to two weeks earlier than this suggests a date of around June 
4-13, going by the first three books, or around June 11-25, going by 
GoF.

If Ginny says that she is 14 when she is at the MoM, then I would 
say that the chances of her being born on the summer solstice are 
actually increased significantly.

Bill