Riddle's Birthday (was: The only one he ever feared?)

[annunathradien]

No: HPFGUIDX 117353


garybec wrote:

> If the broken prophecies/spheres that we heard fragments of; 
> i.e.; at the Solstice...etc, were actually pertaining to the coming 
> of the Dark Lord,  would Jo be so bold as to put a Happy Birthday 
> Voldy on her calendar for December 21st?  

I do think Riddle Jr's birthday falls somewhere around the Winter 
Solstice.

Here's a possible clue...

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GOF (Sch-HC), ch. 13, p. 201

"Born under - what, sorry?" said Harry.

"Saturn, dear, the planet Saturn!" said Professor Trelawney, sound 
definitely irritated that he wasn't riveted by this news.  "I was 
saying that Saturn was surely in a position of power in the heavens 
at the moment of your birth . . . Your dark hair . . .  your mean 
stature . . . tragic losses so young in life . . . I think I am right 
in saying, my dear, that you were born in midwinter?"

"No," said Harry, "I was born in July."
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I think Trelawney was determining Tom Riddle's astrology here, not 
Harry's.  A little clue possibly from JKR for us to determine when 
Tom was born exactly(and indications of his Sign).  Harry, a sort of 
anti-Tom (carrying a chunk of Tom in him), was born in July, near 
midsummer.  Tom, very likely near the opposite solstice/season, in or 
near midwinter.

Tom could possibly be a Sagitarrius or a Capricorn.  I'm leaning 
towards Capricorn.  They're governed by Saturn and - depending on how 
much JKR plays with the atypical astrological traits - the sign is 
often associated with acute fear of death, seriousness, studiousness 
and ambition.  Thus, Tom's birthday would fall in either late 
December (1926 or '27?) or early January (1927?).
 
annunathradien