Snape's birthdate

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 121630


gorbash74 wrote:
> > 
> > Interestingly, according to pantheon.org,Snape's birthdate marks
the festival of Janus, the two faced Roman god. Coincidence?
> 
> Potioncat:
<snip> I'd suggest everyone go read about Janus.  Here's one site
> http://www.pantheon.org/articles/j/janus.html
> 
> Janus was associated with important beginnings, and with the growing 
> up of young people 
> 
> Potioncat (who said her faith in Snape was shaken, not broken)

Carol adds:
As that site indicates, Janus is the god of beginnings and endings.
Janus/January looks back over the old year but also looks forward to
the new one. Snape, too, looks back at the past and forward to the
future. His DE past *is* past. It has its effects, but it's dead. And
the future, by its very nature, does not yet exist. He can only dream
of and work toward a future without Voldemort, in which he can at last
walk free, redeemed for his past sins serving Voldemort by his
courageous and largely thankless efforts in fighting him. At least
that's my reading.

Carol