Phoenix fire?
houyhnhnm102
celizwh at intergate.com
Mon Jun 19 22:12:31 UTC 2006
No: HPFGUIDX 154071
Carol:
> I'm wondering if he *does* summon Fawkes, or Fawkes's
> power, in the cave. He is severely weakened, perhaps
> already dying, yet he's able to conjure red and gold fire:
[...]
> Granted, DD is already planning to use fire to fend off
> the Inferi before he drinks the potion, but this particular
> fire is the same color as Fawkes's feathers, and of course,
> Fawkes (like Gryffindor House) is associated with fire.
> Does anyone else see a possible Fawkes connection here,
houyhnhnm:
I had not thought of it, but it makes sense. I am still musing on the
fact that the last scene in Dumbledore's office begins with reflected
gold from the sunset beyond the windows gleaming on Fawkes bright
black eyes. I think he must have played a larger role than what we
were permitted to see.
However (and I have been thinking about this for some time; the right
opportunity to post about it just hasn't come up), I'm not sure that
Fawkes belongs wholly to Gryffindor in spite of his red and gold
plumage and his role as Dumbledore's familiar. I think there is a
Slytherin connection as well.
The phoenix, in astrology, is asscociated with Scorpio, the most
Slytherin-like of the water signs. There are three types of Scorpio
personalities: The Scorpion, the Eagle, and the Phoenix.
The Scorpion is the lowest type. Scorpions are totally self-seeking,
using their own talents and others' resources to further their own
ends, at any cost.
The Eagle will use another person's resources for personal gain, but
will do so in such a way as to bring mutual benefits.
The highest and rarest type of Scorpio is the Phoenix (also called the
Dove). According to Alan Oken, the Phoenix is a "healer and
metaphysician who is constantly at work draining negative energies
from others, repolarizing that energy through his or her own force
field, and infusing into other people their newly regenerated and
healing strength."
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