There's not much to go on

[mooseming]

--- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, "Barry Arrowsmith" 
<arrowsmithbt at b...> wrote:
> --- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, "pippin_999" <foxmoth at q...> 
wrote:
> > --- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, Barry Arrowsmith
> > <arrowsmithbt at b...> wrote:
> > > Mind you, I'm particularly interested in her hints about the
> > Chamber   "holding very important clues to the ultimate end 
> > of the series with   crucial information in book 6" 
<snip>
> That Chamber presents differing plot opportunities depending on 
one's
> own personal tastes. No ambiguity as to my preferences, I plump 
for it
> being/having been the centre, the nexus, of the spirit (actual and 
> metaphorical) of Slytherin - the person and the House.
> 
> But there again I have a vivid imagination. That scar that Harry 
sports,
> subject of lots of rune, lightning speculation and who knows what 
else by
> the fans. Nah, not for me -  it's a stylised 'S' for Salazar, 
stylised very 
> similarly to the collar flashes of the SS in the not-so-recent 
European 
> unpleasantness. 
> Old Sally is at the bottom of all this, you mark my words - and 
Harry's
> job is to extirpate the rotten core, if he can.

> 
> Kneasy

We've also been told the shape of the scar is not what is important.

I, like you, have played with the idea that it is snake shaped or 
stands for SS but the above statement threw me.

I wondered then if not the shape, what, or perhaps where?

The position maybe significant, it is in the traditional baptism 
spot of which JKR must be aware.

Lily sacrificed herself for Harry and I can't help thinking there 
must have been some magic behind her actions, some spell or charm 
that she placed on Harry to link her death to his survival.

The scar then maybe the mark created when the Voldy's spell hit 
Lily's charm and the rune she used to seal the charm (a form of 
baptism) is the 'lightening bolt' we see.

The rune itself is not significant but the fact Lily placed it there 
means it isn't Voldy's mark alone. It is in one way a mark of love.

JKR also said the scar was a window to Voldy. Love is traditionally 
our greatest vulnerability and our greatest strength, that window 
can be viewed in the same way for both parties. Voldy has already 
used it to hurt Harry, can Harry use it to 'save' Voldy? Is the 
rotten core in danger of being hugged to death?

Regards
Jo