The Ravenclaw Hx identified?

[Jen Reese]

--- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, "nkafkafi" <nkafkafi at y...> wrote:
> Thanks to Kneasy for making that observation about the four tarot
> symbols: the Jewel, the Cup, the Sword and the Wand. Both Slytherin
> Hxs, the ring and the locket, are jewels, Dumbledore believes that 
the
> Hufflepuff Hx is Helga's cup, and he says the last relic of 
Gryffindor
> is his sword. So as Kneasy mentioned, this leaves us with Rowena
> Ravenclaw's wand.

Jen: I spotted a small problem with this theory while reading the 
third part of JKR's TLC/Mugglenet interview. She categorized the 
houses below:

Gryffindor--Fire
Ravenclaw--Air
Hufflepuff--Earth
Slytherin--Water

Now the Minor Arcana*, each connected with its corresponding elements:

Gryffindor--Fire--Wands
Ravenclaw--Air--Swords
Hufflepuff--Earth--Pentacles/Swords
Slytherin--Water--Cups

Maybe JKR isn't going for a Tarot interpretation of the Horcruxes 
after all, even though it was a really lovely idea to have it all 
match up. Makes me wonder if the lightning-struck tower was used for 
the imagery as much as the Tarot interpretation. And JKR gets her 
little joke in about Trelawney drawing the Knave of Spades as Harry 
hides behind the statue 'a dark young man, possibly troubled, one who 
dislikes the questioner...'(chap. 10, p. 105, US)

But hey, Trelawney was dead-on, drawing the lightning-struck tower 
over and over, so JKR thinks she has a future reading cards. 

Jen
*Info from The Destiny Tarot by Jane Struthers. Also, here's a website 
if anyone is interested:
http://www.byzant.com/tarot/structureminor.asp