Harry's green eyes

[dj_bagshaw]

No: HPFGUIDX 85348

> I hope you're right that the green eyes reflect Lily's soul and that
> the resemblance rather than the color is significant. But what's
> extremely odd is that the eye colors and wand light colors are
> opposite. In other words, Voldemort has red eyes but the light from
> his wand is green, matching Tom Riddle's old house: Slytherin. Harry
> has green eyes but the light from his wand is red, matching the
> scarlet of Gryffindor.
> 
> What on earth does it mean? It can't be that green (Slytherin) = 
evil
> and red or scarlet (Gryffindor) = good. That's too simplistic and 
the
> eyes suggest the exact opposite (though of course Slytherin = good 
and
> and Gryffindor = evil is even more absurd). The union of the houses?
> The end of rivalry and division at Hogwarts? Is gold associated with
> Fawkes the Phoenix? The only thing I can think of now that's golden 
is
> the snitch, and that leads us exactly nowhere.

On the same vein, it's interesting to note that when Harry first 
picks up his future wand in Olivander's (PS, p 65 UK ed), the sparks 
that shoot out of it are described as being red and gold.  Gryffindor 
colours to be sure...there seems to be a lot of repetition in the 
colours emitting from wizards' wands.  Coincidence???  Maybe...but 
then again, not much in Rowling's writing ever turns out to be 
coincidence...

~Kate