Trelawney's part in HBP

[ceridwennight]

No: HPFGUIDX 137527

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "oiboyz" <oiboyz at h...> wrote:

*snip*
>    redandgoldlion had a fun theory going in post #132958 that
> Trelawny's drinking enhances her divination prowess.  She had two
> spot-on prophecies in HBP.  First she turned over a card that
> indicated Harry's presence ("Knave of spades: a dark young man,
> possibly troubled, one who dislikes the questioner"), and she never
> knew it was right because Harry was hiding behind a statue to avoid
> her.  Then, of course, there was her prediction of the
> "lightening-struck tower"

Ceridwen now:
Can anyone point me to the first reading, where Trelawney is turning 
over the hand of spades?  It seems that any time I'm looking for 
something in particular, I can never find it.  The reason I want to 
know is, does anyone else think the 'Knave of Spades' might refer to 
Snape?  He has dark hair and eyes, is young compared to Dumbledore, 
is possibly troubled, and he dislikes Trelawney.  What else was in 
that reading?

One other thing I noticed, on page 544 of the US edition.  Trelawney, 
bemoaning her relationship with Firenze, says in part, "...Would 
Dumbledore have let me teach at this great school, *put so much trust 
in me all these years*, had I not proved myself to him?"  He placed 
the same sort of trust in Snape, it appears, and with similar 
results: no one trusts either of them, only in different ways.

Ceridwen.