[HPforGrownups] Re: What was the Order of the Phoenix?

[K G]

No: HPFGUIDX 102440



jodel_from_aol <jodel at aol.com> wrote:
The relevant information of that prophesy were that the birth would be to people who had "defied" the Dark Lord three times and that the birth would take place as the "7th month dies". Which 7th month? The 7th month of the year? or the 7th month after the Prophesy was made? So what else do we know about the circumstances regarding that Prophesy? Well, it was made on a "cold, wet night" and that the reason DD was called out in such a night was that he was giving a job interview. Just when, under normal circumstances, does a Headmaster interview prospective teachers? How about during term breaks. Hogwarts has three breaks in the academic year. There is the summer break at the end ogf June, lasting to the end of August. Not a lot of cold wet nights there, typically. There is the "Easter" break around the end of March. That one is a good deal more likely, but there is still the 
confusion of which 7th month. And there is the Christmas" break from mid-December until just after New Year. From that vantage point it doesn't matter which interpretation you put on "the 7th month" you are still going to end up with the end of July, and you are more likely to find the weather cold and wet than otherwise.

So, barring further information -- which we may yet get -- I am going to postulate that the prophesy took place toward the end of the Christmas break around the start of the year 1980. And that Dumbledore reported the event immediately to the MoM. 



To help narrow this down, in OotP, Chapter 15:

Professor Trelawney scowled at her, arms crossed and shoulders hunched as though wishing to protect herself as much as possible from the indignity of the inspection.  After a slight pause in which she seemed to secide that the question was not so offensive that she could reasonably ignore it, she said in a deeply resentful tone, "Nearly sixteen years."

This was an inspection due to Umbridge being named High Inquisitor.  I also checked further and it was just before the first Hogsmead weekend on the first weekend in October.  This would rule out Easter and summer.

I would also like to know what the 3 times that LV was defied were.  That would be interesting to read about.

moonmyyst


		
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