Missing Horcrux = Ravenclaw's

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No: HPFGUIDX 136958

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "rachaelmcadams" 
<rachaelmcadams at y...> wrote:
> So, building on Dumbledore's theory that Voldemort wanted to make 
> a horcrux out of something from each of Hogwarts' founders, I think
> the horcrux that we don't know is from Ravenclaw.

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> So I definitely think that the fifth horcrux is something of 
> Ravenclaw's, which goes along with something JKR said which was 
> along the lines of "Ravenclaw will have it's day in the next book".

I think that the missing item is Ravenclaw's wand.

Here's how my train got to this station:

1.  The Magus card of the Tarot deck symbolizes the Magician's 
dominion over the 4 elements.

2.  JKR has said that the 4 houses correspond to the 4 elements:

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JKR: Probably. I hear you. It is the tradition to have four houses, 
but in this case, I wanted them to correspond roughly to the four
elements. So Gryffindor is fire, Ravenclaw is air, Hufflepuff is 
earth, and Slytherin is water, hence the fact that their common room 
is under the lake. So again, it was this idea of harmony and balance,
that you had four necessary components and by integrating them you
would make a very strong place. But they remain fragmented, as we 
know.

http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/extras/aa-jointerview3.html
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3.  The symbols of these elements are:  cup, pentacle, rod, and sword.

4. If Voldemort is setting himself up for dominion over all of the
elements, indeed, over all the world, and because JKR has used the
Tarot card deck in the series--most notably in Book 6 with The
Lightning Struck Tower--I think it may be a fruitful avenue of
speculation to think about Voldemort as the Magus and therefore 
looking for the 4 symbolic items.

5. The 4 symbolic items already correspond to 3 known items which 
come from the founders: the pentacle (locket--Slytherin), the cup
(Hufflepuff) and the sword(Gryffindor), 2 of which we know are 
Horcruxes and one of which--the sword--we know is not a Horcrux and 
is not going to be one.

6. Harry knows, because Dumbledore has more or less explictly told him, 
that he should be looking for a Ravenclaw item.

7. The "missing item" from the Tarot card is the wand.

8. There is an old wand given a place of honor in Ollivander's shop.

9. Ollivander is missing and the shop is empty.

10. Wands are powerful magical objects.

11. Dumbledore has told Harry, and therefore us, that the 6 Hocrux 
are:

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"So," said Harry, "the diary's gone, the ring's gone. The cup, the 
locket, and the snake are still intact, and you think there might be 
a Horcrux that was once Ravenclaw's or Gryffindor's?"

"An admirably succinct and accurate summary, yes," said Dumbledore, 
bowing his head.
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> Rachael
> who thinks that one of the horcruxes is hidden in the Room of 
> Requirement and can be found when you're desperately looking for a 
> place to hide something.

I agree. Except I also doubt that Voldemort would risk hiding anything 
at Hogwarts because of the difficulty he may have into the castle to 
retrieve it.

I'm still puzzling this out, obviously.

jujube