Snape as the dark young man/Extra Material On Trelawney's Card Reading

[Sydney]

No: HPFGUIDX 141935



> Was I the only one who took this scene at face value?  I thought it 
was 
> JKR being funny.  

I would have thought so too, except she suddenly springs "The 
Lightning-Struck Tower" on us.  I'd never noticed any Tarot imagery in 
HP before (I'm such a dork "The Hanged Man" never registered!).  But 
if she IS using Tarot, then the cards she draws do make a lot of sense 
for either Dumbledore or Snape, if you use the traditional meanings:  
Two of Swords, a decision/stalemate causing anxiety;  Five of Swords, 
a strategem, salvaging what you can get; Ten of Swords:  the worst 
outcome, defeat.  

Has anyone gone through the whole series Tarot-Wise?  

Sydney