HBP - spoilers - Is it on the cards

[Barry Arrowsmith]

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 >
 > Snipping all of your post because I have nothing useful to add,  
but I have been wondering about
 > the significance of Tarot cards myself.  Anyway, Kneasy, if you  
have some knowledge in this area
 > (I have none), can you shed any light on the scene in which Harry  
overhears Trelawney trying to
 > interpret her cards?  That scene intrigued me, and I can't believe  
it doesn't have any
 > significance.
 >

I agree, it probably does - though she's not reading a Tarot deck -  
there's
no Knave in Tarot - two cards replace it - the Page and the Knight.
She's obviously got her own favourite pack of cards and is consulting  
it.
What we don't know is what she's trying to find out - you're supposed
to  shuffle and deal with a fairly specific question in mind and this is
supposed to influence which cards turn up in which position. Position  
can
influence the reading too. It can get very complicated.

But as far as I can remember without claiming to be totally accurate,  
the
meanings she speaks could be right - sevens usually do depict trouble
and tens can mean sudden or violent  change.

One thing to remember is that Tarot cards can be reversed -  they do not
look the same either way up as the standard pack does - and a reversal
changes the meaning, not usually to the opposite of what right-way-up
means.

 > Fran;
 > Forgot to ask what a regular Hanged Man represents since there is  
a           > reference to one in the book as well. In Fred and  
Georges joke shop....

Sorry, there isn't one - just the upside down variety






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