Rowling's Dream - Did she tell us something?

[Mike]

No: HPFGUIDX 163117

Mike:
JKR admitted that although she hadn't dreamed about the Potterverse 
in the past, she recently had one for the first time. Most news 
outlets only reported this, but one revealed further info on that 
dream. Here's the link that I used:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061220/wl_uk_afp/afpentertainmentbritain
_061220211515

This is the salient part of her revelation:

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She then described her odd dreams about Harry's world, which Potter 
fans are sure to scour for clues about what may happen in the final 
book.

"For years now, people have asked me whether I ever dream that I 
am 'in' Harry's world," Rowling wrote.

"The answer was 'no' until a few nights ago, when I had an epic dream 
in which I was, simultaneously, Harry and the narrator.

"I was searching for a Horcrux (a magical object in Rowling's books 
created through the use of the Dark Arts) in a gigantic, crowded hall 
which bore no resemblance to the Great Hall as I imagine it.

"As the narrator I knew perfectly well that the Horcrux was jammed in 
a hidden nook in the fireplace, while as Harry I was searching for it 
in all kinds of other places, while trying to make the people around 
me say lines I had pre-arranged for them.
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Mike again:

A while back, we had a short thread about the four founders' related 
Horcruxes with the speculation that there were also four founder 
related secret rooms. The thought was that possibly the CoS and the 
RoR were both hiding places for Voldie's Horcruxes and if we (well, 
Harry) could find Helga's and Godric's rooms, we (I mean Harry, of 
course) would find the other two Horcruxes.  Slytherin has the CoS, 
Ravenclaw? has the RoR (speculation that it was hers). What were the 
other two, if they existed?

I postulated that Gryffindor's was entered via a fireplace, fire 
being his earth sign. Then I read this news of JKR's dream and I'm 
thinking, *Did I nail one of the book 7 plot lines?* <Dances around 
like Gollum after he got the Ring by biting off Frodo's finger. Trips 
over the coffee table, hits head on the sofa.> After coming to and 
coming to my senses I realise that I came as close as Trelawney does 
during her conscious-moment predictions ("A dark young man, possibly 
troubled ..." indeed, Draco was as pale as the moon).

So now I'm wondering, was this just a dream, no relation to what's 
going to happen in book 7? Did we not get some of the context, such 
as say, "This wasn't my dream, but you get the gist of my POV 
dichotomy."? This revelation wasn't phrased in JKR's usual obscure 
hinting style, it came out way too straight forward.

On the other hand, maybe JKR did just inadvertently (and astoundingly 
indiscretely) release some vital clue about book 7. Is this somewhere 
we want to explore? Does anybody else think we can take this as a 
legitimate clue?

Would love to hear other thoughts on this interview.

Mike, who's not sure what to think about this.