Prophecies in General

[bbkkyy55]

No: HPFGUIDX 128316

I've been rereading SS/PS.  I'm sure this has been noticed, but for 
the benefit of those of us who are fairly newish I will mention it.

In Chapter 15 it says:

"Good luck, Harry Potter," said Firenze.  "The planets have been read 
wrongly before now, even by centaurs.  I hope this is one of those 
times."  

I know they saw that "Mars is bright tonight"..."Unusally bright."
so (correct me if I'm wrong) this indicates that war is coming right?
But it seems from Firenze's statement that the centaurs knew
something more in regards to Harry's future that they didn't 
mention.  We know they "jus' don' let on much."  

Firenze's statement and the anger of Bane and Ronan when Firenze 
rescues Harry, along with their determination "not to set ourselves 
against the heavens", seems to forbode evil toward Harry. 

As Hermione quotes McGonagell fortune-telling is "a very imprecise 
branch of magic."  I'm wondering how well these things can be 
determined.  

Remember Trelawney's seeing the Grim all the time in POA.  Might that 
not have just been Sirius in his animagus form.  

I suppose all these things are foreshadowing the troubles that
follow, but still, predicting the future seems very foggy.  I can see 
a real danger if one takes them to seriously.  I hope Harry will be 
able to remain stable after thinking over the prophecy.  How much can 
these things be redirected in another direction?  Guess we'll all 
have to wait and see. 

Bonnie