MEANING OF NUMBER SEVEN IN HARRY POTTER SERIES
I was wondering the meaning of number seven in wizardry because old Voldy mentioned its vitality once. Here is what I got!
Seven is the age by which most experts believe that magic will reveal itself in a wizard or witch. In the life of the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry community, it is the number of years students must attend Hogwarts before graduating. There were seven chambers protecting the Philosopher's Stone. Lord Voldemort was such a believer in the magical properties of the number seven that he intended to split his soul into seven portions by creating six Horcruxes. Ironically, he instead succeeded in creating seven Horcruxes, thus splitting his soul eight ways - however, by pure chance, only six of his Horcruxes ever existed at one time (as the Diary was destroyed before Nagini became a Horcrux); regardless, this did not provide him with any significant magical protection as he believed the number would. Harry Potter and Neville Longbottom were born in July, the seventh month of the year; this made them both potential subjects of a prophecy. Arthur and Molly Weasley had seven children; Ginny Weasley is the seventh of them, and the only daughter. Also Ginny Weasley is the first girl to be born to the name Weasley in seven generations. There are also seven players on a standard Quidditch team, with seven also being the number on Harry Potter's Quidditch uniform. During the Battle of the Seven Potters, six others took Polyjuice Potion in order to take on Harry's appearance as a diversion, thus there were seven Potters.
The pensieve shows Lord Voldemort returning to Hogwarts to ask Dumbledore for a teaching position. During their interview Dumbledore calls Lord Voldemort "Tom" 7 times. There are 142 stairs at Hogwarts which adds to 7 (1+4+2=7). Gryffindor Tower is located on the 7th floor. In OotP, during Harry's trial, Dumbledore states '...clause seven of the Decree [for the Reasonable Restriction of Underage Sorcery] states that magic may be used before Muggles in exceptional circumstances..
And what more, there are seven Harry Potter books. The 7th Harry Potter book was published in the 7th month of the 7th year of this century.
Interestingly I was born on seventh month of the year!
Seven is the age by which most experts believe that magic will reveal itself in a wizard or witch. In the life of the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry community, it is the number of years students must attend Hogwarts before graduating. There were seven chambers protecting the Philosopher's Stone. Lord Voldemort was such a believer in the magical properties of the number seven that he intended to split his soul into seven portions by creating six Horcruxes. Ironically, he instead succeeded in creating seven Horcruxes, thus splitting his soul eight ways - however, by pure chance, only six of his Horcruxes ever existed at one time (as the Diary was destroyed before Nagini became a Horcrux); regardless, this did not provide him with any significant magical protection as he believed the number would. Harry Potter and Neville Longbottom were born in July, the seventh month of the year; this made them both potential subjects of a prophecy. Arthur and Molly Weasley had seven children; Ginny Weasley is the seventh of them, and the only daughter. Also Ginny Weasley is the first girl to be born to the name Weasley in seven generations. There are also seven players on a standard Quidditch team, with seven also being the number on Harry Potter's Quidditch uniform. During the Battle of the Seven Potters, six others took Polyjuice Potion in order to take on Harry's appearance as a diversion, thus there were seven Potters.
The pensieve shows Lord Voldemort returning to Hogwarts to ask Dumbledore for a teaching position. During their interview Dumbledore calls Lord Voldemort "Tom" 7 times. There are 142 stairs at Hogwarts which adds to 7 (1+4+2=7). Gryffindor Tower is located on the 7th floor. In OotP, during Harry's trial, Dumbledore states '...clause seven of the Decree [for the Reasonable Restriction of Underage Sorcery] states that magic may be used before Muggles in exceptional circumstances..
And what more, there are seven Harry Potter books. The 7th Harry Potter book was published in the 7th month of the 7th year of this century.
Interestingly I was born on seventh month of the year!
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