A new interpretation of the prophecy

[Florentine Maier]

No: HPFGUIDX 69857

Hi!

I think the prophecy CAN'T mean what it seems to mean. Otherwise the 
basic moral of the book would be "kill or be killed", and that 
wouldn't be worthy of JKR.

So I tried to find a different meaning, and I've come up with the 
following:

Let's have a look at the prophecy first:

"The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord approaches ... born 
to those who have thrice defied him, born as the seventh month 
dies ... and the Dark lord will mark him as equal, but he will have 
power the Dark Lord knows not ... and either must die at the hand of 
the other for neither can live while the other survives ... the one 
with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord will be born as the seventh 
month dies ... "

The last sentence appears to be just a repetition of what's been said 
before. But you could also read the last sentence another way:
"the one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord will be born as the 
seventh month dies"
means:
"the one with the power to prevent that the Dark Lord will be born in 
the end of July".

Therefore, time-turning will be required. Harry will go back into the 
past and by making friends with Tom Riddle, he will prevent Riddle 
from turning into Lord Voldemort. The moment Harry turns the time-
turner, Voldemort "dies at Harrys hand", respectively will never be 
born.
   That would also explain the strange deja-vu experience in CoS, 
where Harry feels as if he had known Tom Riddle before and as if he 
had been a friend of his.
   And it would also explain why us muggles have no ideas what events 
in our world would correspond to the first reign of Voldemort in the 
1970s. (As opposed to the times of Grindelwald, which corrspond to 
world war II.) - Because it will never have happend!
   Talking about narrative necessities, it would also explain why JKR 
has given Voldemort an "human" past, and why time-turning is 
introduced in PoA.

What do you think?
Florentine