Harry Potter and the Precession of the Equinoxes

[whizbang]

No: HPFGUIDX 95792

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, squeakinby <squeakinby at t...> 
wrote:
> whizbang wrote:
> 
> > http://phoenixandturtle.net/excerptmill/santillana.htm
> > 
> Jem wrote: Curious that Sirius is referred to as "the celestial 
jackal".
> 
> Jackal is hardly one of the nicer appellations one might be called.
> 
> Jem
Whizbang: The jackal was sacred in Egypt.  It was associated with 
the God Osiris, the Lord of the Underworld and involved in the 
judgement of souls. 

 In Egypt, Sirius disappears in the western sky in spring and stays 
below the horizon for seventy days.  This is also the duration of 
the mummification process of the king.  Astronomers watched for the 
return of Sirius in the morning sky, sometime around the Summer 
Solstice on June 21.  (Remember June 21? ;) )  This was important 
because when Sirius reappeared, they knew the Nile would go into 
flood stage very soon and all the preparations had to be made.  

Interesting.  Wonder if we'll see Sirius return in some fashion, 
seventy days after he went through the veil.

As Harry is a Leo, the opposite sign of Aquarius, I believe he 
represents the Sun in this modern precession myth.  It's Harry who 
is moving from Pisces to Aquarius on the spring equinox.  Socks come 
up so often.  Pisces rules the feet and aquarius the ankles.  Both 
go into a sock.  The numbers 7 and 12 are related to constellations, 
too.  But I can't figure out where the cabbages come in, yet.  lol

I suspect Hagrid is Orion, a Giant, hunter with a bow, (remember 
Hagrid' crossbow?) and he has two dogs.  Hagrid has Fang, and Fluffy 
who we only see in the first book.  Draco is the celestial dragon.  
I think the basilisk is the Hydra.  

At the end of Chamber of Secrets, Fawkes flies Harry, (the Sun), 
Ron, Ginny and Lockhart out of the subterranean chamber (Pisces) to 
the surface (aquarius).

I'm still trying to piece together the celestial events that may 
become elements of the narrative.  It's an interesting approach to 
the series.  And book two does become the key.

~Whizbang