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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