Tom Riddle's Birthday STRANGE Isn't it

[Tonks]

No: HPFGUIDX 154556

It is truly amazing the things that I have learned by being part of 
this group. I have search the internet for any possible significance 
of Dec. 31, beyond the normal idea of the end of the old year, 
death, darkness, etc.  Here is what I have learned about December 
31st from both Pagan and Christian sources.

During the middle ages there was a festival call the Feast of Fools 
in which the hierarchy of the Church was mocked. This was around the 
same date as what is today known as the Feast of the Holy Name, or 
the Circumcision of Jesus,on Jan. 1st, which is 8 days after his 
birth. That makes LV's birthday 7 days after the birth of Jesus and 
the day before Jesus' presentation.  In some ways this is like All 
Hollows Eve (Oct.31) occurring the day before All Saints Day (Nov. 
1) 

In Rome and later in other places, there was a pagan festival called 
Saturnalia around that time honoring Saturn. It was apparently a 
time of drinking and debauchery, so that among Christians the  
word "saturnalia" came to mean "orgy". 
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RE: Saturn (from Wikipedia): In Hesiod's Theogeny, a mythological 
account of the creation of the universe and Zeus' rise to power, 
Saturn is mentioned as the son of Uranus, the heavens, and Gaia, the 
earth. Saturn seizes power, castrating and overthrowing his father 
Uranus. However, it was foretold that one day a mighty son of Saturn 
would in turn overthrow him, and Saturn devoured all of his children 
when they were born to prevent this. Saturn's wife, Ops, hid her 
sixth child on the island of Crete, and offered Saturn a large stone 
wrapped in swaddling clothes in his place. Jupiter later overthrew 
Saturn and the other Titans, becoming the new supreme ruler of the 
cosmos.

Then there is this connection as well (also from Wikipedia):
"In Greek mythology, Chronos (÷ñïíïò in Greek) in pre-Socratic 
philosophical works is said to be the personification of time. He 
emerged from the primordial Chaos. He is often mythologically 
confused with the Titan Cronus (êñïíïò in Greek).

He is often depicted as an elderly, gray-haired man with a long 
beard. His name actually means "Time" , and is alternatively spelled 
Khronos, Chronos, Chronus (Latin version). 

In astronomy, the planet we now call Saturn because of Roman 
influence was called Khronos by the Greeks. It was the outermost 
planet god/deity, and was considered the seventh of the seven 
heavenly objects that are visible with the naked eye. Given that it 
had the longest observable repeatable period in the sky, which is 
currently around 30 years, it was thought to be the keeper of time, 
or Father Time, since no other objects had been seen or recorded to 
have a longer period. That is why it is often depicted as an elderly 
man with a long gray beard, as mentioned above."
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So it could be that LV's birthday is associated with all of the 
above. Or maybe she just liked the idea of LV being the old year 
fearing death and about to die at the hands of the baby(new year). 
There does seem to be a number of references in all of the above 
information to the number "7".

Thoughts??

Tonks_op
who has probably over analyzed this.