The Power V knows not (was Why is everyone so convinced the prophecy is correct?

[quigonginger]

No: HPFGUIDX 82300

Kneasy and Kneazle (this is worse than Pip! and Pippin-at least I 
have them figured out:)) were discussing Harry being V's equal, when 
Kneasy happened to comment:
> Additionally, his escapes seem to rely on factors outside his 
control.
> Quirrell crumbling; Fawkes and a fangfully lucky guess in CoS; 
> conflicting wands in GoF; Dumbledore on OoP.
> None of it is intentional; none of it is Harry exercising magical 
power
> by choice. What he is is bloody lucky. 

Now my (Ginger) brain totally skipped topics to yell Eureka!

"He will have power the Dark Lord knows not".  What if that power is 
Luck?  LV lost it when he drank the unicorn's blood, if we assume 
that since it was drunk for him, that he is the one to bear the 
curse.  Not that Quirrell was particularly fortunate.  Firenze tells 
Harry that after drinking unicorn blood you have "a half-life, a 
cursed life".

I'm taking the word "knows" to mean "is closely acquainted with" 
rather than "has knowledge of the existance of", which seems to be 
the way most people who have made guesses (love, hope, etc.) seem to 
take it.

When does Harry's luck start?  One could say when he survived the 
first AK in Godric's Hollow.  And "You-Know-Who" became "Where'd-He-
Go?"  Not good luck for him at all.  Harry's luck seems to fade over 
the next decade.  Then we have Kneasy's points above.  All of Harry's 
*really* good luck seems to happen at LV's expense.  

Which, of course, raises the question:  Is Luck a Power?  It 
certainly isn't a power in the intrinsic sense, but it is an external 
force.  Maybe it would qualify.  Thoughts?

Ginger, who realizes that Eureka (I have found it) is not 
appropriate, as Kneasy is the one who found it, but didn't think 
Kneasareka was a bona fide word.  Perhaps it should be.