Arian Maverick
04-19-2007, 08:53 PM
With the upcoming release of the seventh and final book of the Harry Potter series, the question that has been most heavily on fans' minds is that of the character Severus Snape's innocence. Now, I have been idly speculating since I finished reading the shocking conclusion of The Half-Blood Prince, and although my reasoning may be tainted by denial and disbelief that a character whom I had trusted had murdered the greatest wizard of all time, I still firmly believe in Snape's innocence. Several minutes ago I received an e-mail from Borders containing a link to an excerpt from The Great Snape Debate (http://www.bordersmedia.com/features/pages/greatsnapedebate.asp), which greatly fueled my desire to know if my suspicions are correct. I have absolutely no idea how to delineate a horary chart in which the quesited is not an actual human being, so this chart may be useless, but I thought if nothing else it may prove to be an interesting exercise. And we can always return to this thread when the book is released and the answers to our questions become known.
Here is the chart:
http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/5396/issnapeinnocenthorarychca9.gif (http://imageshack.us)
Since I am not quite sure where else to start, I will begin by identifying my significator and looking for clues within the chart that indicate my belief in a fictional character's innocence. Virgo is rising, and its ruler Mercury is located in Aries conjunct the eighth house cusp. I believe it is significant that my much of my natal Aries stellium (Sun, Venus, and Mercury) is located between 15 Aries 36" and 16 Aries 31", so Mercury is tightly applying towards a conjunction with each of these natal planets. Mercury is involved in a Fire Trine with retrograde Jupiter in Sagittarius conjunct the Nadir and retrograde Saturn in Leo in the eleventh house; although it is not combust, I believe Mercury is still within the beams of the Sun. I am none too familiar with the influence of such planets within a horary chart, yet it seems plausible that such a condition may blind me from the truth of Severus Snape's possible guilt. Now, what other planetary placements indicate my belief in his innocense? Jupiter, the Great Benefic, conjunct the Nadir, perhaps? If only I could determine Snape's significator...Does anyone have any ideas?
EDIT: I just realized that perhaps I should use Jupiter as the ruler of the Descendant to signify since he is the quesited, but I still do not wish to follow with interpretation in case there is a better significator for him. Pisces is not the first sign I associate Snape with, but I believe he may be revealed as a martyr by the end of the series since it does not seem likely to me that he will survive...
EDIT 2: This is a bit spooky, but according to the January 9 birthday that JK Rowling gave for this character and experimenting with a possible year of birth of 1958 (based upon events in canon), Severus Snape, if he existed, would be experiencing his Chiron Return right about now; the horary chart Chiron makes an extremely tight conjunction with the Chiron for the natal chart I created for him...
Arian Maverick
Here is the chart:
http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/5396/issnapeinnocenthorarychca9.gif (http://imageshack.us)
Since I am not quite sure where else to start, I will begin by identifying my significator and looking for clues within the chart that indicate my belief in a fictional character's innocence. Virgo is rising, and its ruler Mercury is located in Aries conjunct the eighth house cusp. I believe it is significant that my much of my natal Aries stellium (Sun, Venus, and Mercury) is located between 15 Aries 36" and 16 Aries 31", so Mercury is tightly applying towards a conjunction with each of these natal planets. Mercury is involved in a Fire Trine with retrograde Jupiter in Sagittarius conjunct the Nadir and retrograde Saturn in Leo in the eleventh house; although it is not combust, I believe Mercury is still within the beams of the Sun. I am none too familiar with the influence of such planets within a horary chart, yet it seems plausible that such a condition may blind me from the truth of Severus Snape's possible guilt. Now, what other planetary placements indicate my belief in his innocense? Jupiter, the Great Benefic, conjunct the Nadir, perhaps? If only I could determine Snape's significator...Does anyone have any ideas?
EDIT: I just realized that perhaps I should use Jupiter as the ruler of the Descendant to signify since he is the quesited, but I still do not wish to follow with interpretation in case there is a better significator for him. Pisces is not the first sign I associate Snape with, but I believe he may be revealed as a martyr by the end of the series since it does not seem likely to me that he will survive...
EDIT 2: This is a bit spooky, but according to the January 9 birthday that JK Rowling gave for this character and experimenting with a possible year of birth of 1958 (based upon events in canon), Severus Snape, if he existed, would be experiencing his Chiron Return right about now; the horary chart Chiron makes an extremely tight conjunction with the Chiron for the natal chart I created for him...
Arian Maverick