Trelawney was wrong, she spoke of Snape, but thought it was Harry

[Peggy]

No: HPFGUIDX 121711


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<chrissilein at y...> wrote:

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> So while she believed she was talking of Harry (she wasn´t ideed), 
we
> can now be sure maybe 85 percent it was Snape she was speaking of,
> even she didn´t know it , of course. We couldn´t know it, because we
> hadn´t no clue Snape was born in Midwinter and as capricorn and 
under
> Saturn´s rule.
> 
> What do you think of it?

I like the idea that Trelawney is picking up on someone else, but I 
suspect she's actually picking up on Harry's connection to LV. Giving 
us Snape's birthdate could be just a bit more of the misdirection 
that she's so good at.

In CoS, Tom Riddle is described as dark-haired.  Some board members 
have suggested that Tom is Harry or vice versa, but I'm not buying 
that one.  Their lives are linked by the failed AK, which leads to a 
lot of odd effects (that we've all seen up close and personal in 
OotP).  I thik Trelawney picked up on the "vibes" from the curse, and 
assumed, quite naturally, the vibes were Harry's.  Why should she 
think otherwise?

Although she has no recollection of her previous two prophecies about 
Harry and LV, she's still a witch and has *some* skills as a seer, 
although they're not quite as good as she thinks they are, and her 
real powers don't seem to be under her conscious control.

Yes, I know that LV is tall, but I suspect the "mean stature" bit is 
probably just Sybil being Sybil.  I do think she at least clued in on 
the connection with LV.  

JKR said we'll learn more about Tom Riddle's childhood later in the 
series.  I wouldn't be at all surprised if he's the one born in 
midwinter.

Peg--who's getting back into the swing of this with HBP coming up!