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

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 162207

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <bboyminn at ...> wrote:
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> ---  "rapid_white_wolf" <rapid_white_wolf@> wrote:
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> > Dumbledore assumed Voldermort made six horcruxes, but 
> > could Voldermort have made more?  Also if there is a 
> > limit what would happen if you made too many Horcruxes?
> > 
> > White_Wolf
> >
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> bboyminn:
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> Voldemort made SEVEN because seven is a magically powerful
> number. Note he also used Magically Powerful objects, and
> hide them in locations that were magically significant to 
> him. So, seven was important because of its magical 
> power, but I don't think it was limited to seven.
> 
> Certainly you could make 100 horcruxes, but to do it you 
> would have to MURDER 100 PEOPLE, then separate yourself 
> from 100 pieces of your soul. We can see how Voldemort
> damaged himself by separating himself from 6 pieces. 
> Imagine the loss of humanity that would accompany the
> separation of 100 pieces of your soul. It's unthinkable.
> 
> In Voldemort's mind, Seven is more powerful that 100
> because seven is a magically powerful number. To have
> more or less, is less magically powerful to his way of 
> thinking. So, seven's the number.

Geoff:
I think we are both in agreement that, as I wrote in an earlier 
post, Voldemort sees seven as the most powerful number.

However, it would therefore follow that he has made SIX 
Horcruxes; the seventh soul fragment remains in him and 
is thus not a Horcrux.