Prophecy - Seventh month and Power LV knows not

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 166467

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "kvapost" <kvapost at ...> wrote:
>
> Hi everyone,
> Couldn't find any discussion on the issue  and I have thought of it
> for a while, so there goes.
> 
> Prophecy states that "The one with the power to vanquish the Dark
> Lord will be born as the seventh month dies". Maybe it is not about
> Harry's actual date of birth but rather about his 17th birthday when
> blood protection ceases. Who knows what surprise new powers will
> appear in him or replace the blood protection. The word "born" might
> be used figuratively and "the one [...] will be born" means "the
> entity/person that suddenly gets all the necessary power to vanquish
> LV as the 7th month dies".

Geoff:
I hate to be a bit of a wet blanket, but I don't see that you have a hook 
in canon to hang this theory on.

I know that there are parts of the prophecy which have been the subject 
of intense scrutiny ever since we read about the darned thing coming from 
Trelawney's lips. However, I think that the beginning is pretty specific: 
"The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord approaches... born 
to those who have thrice defied him, born as the seventh month dies.."
(OOTP "The Lost Prophecy" p.741 UK edition)

I do not see how 'born' can be used figuratively in this context because 
it says 'born to those' which would normally refer to actual birth, hence 
towards the end of July 1980. If your theory was viable, I would expect 
the prophecy to be something like - 
'The one born to those who have thrice defied him will receive the power 
to vanquish the Dark Lord...' 
- and canon, in my opinion for what it is worth, just doesn't introduce 
that element of an event in the distant future.