Harry Potter and the Seven Deadlies -- Tarot

[Lia]

No: HPFGUIDX 147726

Renee wrote:    
>> I'm afraid you're (con)fusing two Tarot cards here: the Fool 
and the Hanged Man. The Fool is the first card of the deck, 
bearing the number zero, and stands for innocence, naivity, new 
beginnings and unexpected happenings. Reversed, it stands for ill-
advised risks, impulsive actions and rash decisions. If this is 
anyone's card, it's Harry's, not Snape's.
 
The Hanged Man is card #12. It stands for change (things turned on 
their head), rebirth, sacrifice, devotion to a cause, but reversed, 
for loss, lack of commitment, selfish preoccupations and inability 
to move forward. If this is Snape's card, the interesting question 
would be whether it came out upright or reversed. <<
        
   
 Lia muses:
   
This talk of Tarot has gotten me thinking of the sixteenth card--
The Tower.  It's interesting to think of the events on the tower 
in HBP how they relate to this Tarot discussion.  The Tower card 
can be interpreted thusly:
   
 Upright - Disruption. Conflict. Change.  Sudden violent loss.  
Overthrow of an existing way of life.  Major changes.  Disruption 
of well worn routines.  Ruin and disturbance.  Dramatic upheaval. 
 Change of residence or job sometimes both at once.  Widespread 
repercussions of actions.  In the end, enlightenment and freedom.
   
 Ill Dignified or Reversed - Negativity. Restriction of desires
and imprisonment.  Drastic change that may rob the individual of 
freedom of expression.  Sometimes bankruptcy and imprisonment.  
Imprisonment within a set of circumstances which cannot currently 
be altered.  Sudden changes out of one's control.
      
I find the upright meaning(s) particularly interesting, as most of 
those things are exactly what happened in HBP...but what about that 
last phrase?  Hmmm....
   
 Lia, who finds quirky little connections like this intriguing, 
even if they don't play out