[HPforGrownups] Prophecy/Trelawney/Voldemort/Worries about Books 6 and 7

[Suzanne Chiles]

No: HPFGUIDX 70995

Diana_Sirius_fan says:

> I think that Trelawney could tell during her interview with
> Dumbledore that he was not going to hire her. She needed something to
> knock his socks off to get the job, so she made up the prediction.
> Dumbledore has said before something to the effect that predicting
> the future is tricky. (not sure his exact words)  So, I still do not
> understand how he would believe this prediction and the WW would make
> such a big deal about it. She could of said any month, lets just say
> the person born at the end of the eighth month.  Then, there would be
> some other child that Voldemort would be spending his life trying to
> defeat.

I must disagree with you. To my mind, Trelawney has only made 2 real
predictions (the other being the prediction she makes in PoA about the
return of Wormtail), each of which are somewhat similar. For both, she seems
to go into a trance and speaks in a strange voice, as described in OOP:

"But when Sybill Trelawney spoke, it was not her usual ethereal, mystic
voice, but in the harsh, hoarse tones Harry had heard her use once before."
(American version, page 841)

I believe Dumbledore's smart enough to realize a real prediction when he
sees one, same as Harry did in PoA.

Suzanne