Prophecies always come true.

[B.G.]

No: HPFGUIDX 131426

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "bbkkyy55" <bbkkyy55 at y...> wrote:
> I think we were discussing this a while back.  Didn't someone mention 
> Macbeth.  I like the theory that prophecies always do come true, but 
> that they are generally misunderstood.  As has been mentioned, they 
> are worded so vaguely.  We don't even know if we've heard the whole 
> version yet.  Except for Trelawney's predictions that Harry would 
> die, some of her "insights' actually do come true in a way.  For 
> example, when she sees the Grim in POA.  Maybe it wasn't the Grim at 
> all, it was Sirius and she misinterpreted it.  
> 
> When we hear a Prophecy we immediately put our own interpretation on 
> it, when in reality it may be about something else entirely that we 
> would never have guessed.
> > Bonnie

BG writes:
While listening to OOP CD in prep for Book 6, I discovered  many 
details previously overlooked.  JKR puts so many layers in her books 
and I suppose that is what intrigues us so - but I digress.  When 
Firenze takes over divination, in his first class he explains that 
humans are not as adept at reading signs as centaurs and that even 
centaurs are not always correct.  It takes years to figure out what 
they mean and centaurs are ever so more patient.  I think she wants us 
to look at the prophecy in the same light - one cannot always be sure 
what it foretells - not even Dumbledore.  He is a powerful wizard but 
not infallible as Harry and we all learned in OOP.