Is there a limit on the number of Horcruxes a person can make?

[rapid_white_wolf]

No: HPFGUIDX 162192

 Geoff Wrote
> I think he is basing it on the fact that Tom Riddle seemed to favour
> having a soul in seven pieces....

>
> Obviously, if he wanted to split his soul into seven pieces, this
> would entail creating six Horcruxes. I suspect that, since this was
> forefrontin his thinking at this point, he went for that option and
 > Dumbledore,  perhaps knowing him well, realised that this was the
>likely scenario.

I understand that it seems from the conversation that Voldermort was
only planning to make seven horcruxes, however isn't it possible that
he was just using the number seven as an example, to lead into his
question about multiple Horcruxes..  IMHO It might look a bit suspicious
to ask Slughorn what is the maximum number of Horcruxes that can be
made.  In that situation Tom would have to be very careful not to
arouse Slughorn's suspicions.  If he had possibly Slughorn would have
gone to the Headmaster, Slughorn may be politically minded but I don't
think he would support Tom if he knew Tom was making a Horcrux.

rapid_white_wolf