The Lightning struck tower and the Tarot cards

phoenixgod2000 jmrazo at hotmail.com
Sun Aug 7 02:59:14 UTC 2005


No: HPFGUIDX 136794

I was on another list talking about HP and someone posted this. I 
found it fascinationg enough to put it here. It about the meaning of 
the Major Arcana card called The Tower and in the picture shown on 
the site it is being struck by lightning. I don't know if that's the 
way it is normally shown or if that is just one artists 
interpretation. The arcana has some interesting things that might 
apply to Snape and/or Dumbledore since that chapter was entitled the 
lightning struck tower.

here is the pic: http://www.learntarot.com/maj16.htm

these are the major meanings:
SUDDEN CHANGE 
RELEASE 
DOWNFALL 
REVELATION 

Three of these meanings would make more sense if Snape is evil. 
Sudden Change, Downfall, Revelation (of his ESEness) would all make 
more sense if he was a double dealer. On the other hand, Release 
would make more sense if he was still good in the sense of releasing 
DD's pain/burden.

It's a fascinating thought experiment. As much as I would like to 
believe Snape is evil because I'm always willing to think the worst 
of him, I am truly not sure if he is DD's betrayer or not. My 
instincts say yes, but if DD was wrong this whole time about Snape 
he will look like a huge fool and I don't know that JKR wants that 
for Dumbledore.

phoenixgod2000







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