HBP - spoilers - Is it on the cards?

[Barry Arrowsmith]

--- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, "Talisman" <talisman22457 at y...> wrote:
> 
> Talisman, thanking Kneasy for the heads-up:
> 

My pleasure.

> Ah, that's what I was on about in message #2176, when I said:
> 
> "Speaking of Lightning-Struck towers, Trelawney seems to have been
> having a good tarot reading this time."
> 

At the time I wondered what the hell you were on about. For some reason
that bit didn't register in my first read-through, though the chapter of
the same name did. So did the shuffling the spades scene. And it was
wondering  which passage I'd apparently missed that got me to 
concentrate on Tarot connections. Odd the way things turn out.


> 
> It seems clear to me that Harry is the Knave of spades (Page of 
> Swords).  The meaning of that card may not be relevant, as it seems 
> from her commentary that in her spread that card is helping her 
> identify a person, here a dark-haired young person who doesn't like 
> her.
> 

Really?
With all this concentration on love (or many suspect or want it so) it'd
be more likely that he's marked as Page or Knight of Cups - intuition,
emotion, caring - all that sort of stuff. As a matter of fact I was already
musing about a further post entitled 'Harry in his Cups' the sort of horrible
pun/double meaning I savour. Maybe I'd better think again. No problem
there, I'd only got as far as a very rough  outline.

> 
> Yes, Snape is our Hanged Man in OoP.  The ideas of sacrifice, 
> control, hidden truth, and willingness to have others think bad of 
> you, etc. all fit.
>

Could well be.
Must give some thought to maybe matching other characters to cards.
Couuld be entertaining.
As I said, it's been a long time since I last laid out a spread and even then
I usually had ulterior motives. Did I have no shame? Not much, no.

Kneasy