Session Information
HPEF - Azkatraz 2009
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Harry and Tarot: Reflections of the Major Arcana in the Harry Potter Books
Track : Saturday, July 18, 2009
Program Code: 190
Date: Saturday, July 18, 2009
Time: 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM  EST
Location: Powell (90)
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Description
Why is the name of the pub at the beginning of Goblet of Fire “The Hanged Man”? Why does Trelawney carry the sixteenth card in the Tarot deck? Why is the third book the one in which Hermione time-travels and in which Divination is introduced? Why does the sixth book have the most romance in it? What many readers may not know is that there is another hero’s journey (besides Campbell’s) through which the HP books may be analyzed: the Tarot Major Arcana. Carl Jung saw these twenty-two cards as the story of a person’s journey through life; examining the cards that “go” with each book will shed more light on why the author may have placed certain events in particular books, as well as illuminating Rowling’s use of symbolism, metaphor and structure. (No previous knowledge of Tarot is required.)