I saw the final installment of the Harry Potter movies yesterday; Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part Two. I’ve been reading the Harry Potter series since the young age of 10 and never bothered to analyze the stories until recently. When I was watching the movie yesterday, I had an AHA! moment. Pluto and how it relates to astrology came into my mind, and I saw a connection of that in the Harry Potter movies and stories in regards to Harry Potter and Voldemort.
As we all know, Pluto is often feared by people. People get their pants in a bunches when they find out they have a Pluto aspect to personal planets, or if they have a Pluto-Mars or Pluto-Moon transit coming on. In astrology, Pluto represents destruction, corruption, power, sex, the dark side of human nature, taboos, the occult and most importantly death. However, Pluto also is associated with rebirth, compassion, transformation, penetration and depth, insight, and devotion. Pluto is associated with the sign of Scorpio and its natural house is the 8th house.
In Harry Potter, we all know about You-Know-Who… a.k.a. Lord Voldemort. He’s the super bad wizard who gets a following known as Death Eaters. They do all kinds of horrors and terrors, turning the wizarding world upside down. Turning the wizarding society upside down, all for Voldemorts gains for power. Often, Pluto in signs often turn our own societies upside down and then we must find an outlet for transformation to change ourselves for the better.
When Voldemort tried to kill Harry Potter ( after killing his parents, of course, on Halloween ), his spell backfired. He was turned into nothing and disappeared for years. Harry was left with a scar on his forehead. This scar had a part of Voldemort’s soul in it, which meant Harry knew what he was feeling and how he was able to talk to snakes.
In the stories, Voldemort had many horcruxes. IN each one, he had a part of his soul in it. This kept him alive and well. Harry Potter and his pals would be sent on a mission in the later stories to kill these horcruxes and then kill Voldemort himself. Aside from that, I’m coming to my point… Voldemort is afraid of death ( Pluto ) and keeping his soul in these objects to keep him from death. They keep him powerful ( Pluto ).
Voldemort is the traditional “dark wizard.” He is ALL about the bad side of Pluto; he had a bad childhood and decided he would take over the world because of it. Great insecurity; great fear of failure. Voldemort was known from a young age he was special; he had great abilities and great power. When he was a teen ( if you read the second book ), you’d see a more charismatic, powerful and devoted wizarding student. You’d know Voldemort ( at the time Tom Riddle ) would be a powerful wizard, but would he use his powers for good or for evil?
Anyone who has read the books or seen the movies knows the answer to that. He used his powers for evil and had an aspirations for dark magic. Forbidden magic. He was interested in bringing people back from the dead. ( Even when Harry Potter mentioned something like that in the earlier books when he was younger, people gasped and said that was dark magic talk. ) Basically, you know, Voldemort creates a following ( Death Eaters ) and they do all sorts of horrors. Voldemort keeps himself in power through manipulation and control. He destroys followers who betray him ( Pluto ).
At the very end of the series, Harry Potter knows he must die in order for Voldemort to die since a part of Voldy’s soul is inside of him. I see this as the rebirth part of Pluto. Harry chooses to go back to life and fight the rest of Voldemort ( by killing his snake, the last horcrux ).
Harry Potter, like Voldemort, had a lot of potential and a lot of power. Just like Voldy, Harry was deemed as special ever since he found out he was a wizard. Over time, he grew more confident ( and other times arrogant ). I’ve never always liked Harry’s attitudes in some of the books, but I felt he was an O.K. guy with potential.
When Harry first went to Hogwarts, the Sorting Hat wanted to put him in Slytherin. Harry was told he would do well in Slytherin. If Harry chose Slytherin, I am sure he’d gain ambition, a lot of friends and could be a high position of power someday ( or be a Dark Wizard like Voldemort ). However, Harry did not want to be in Slyherin because he heard bad people were in it. He wanted to be in Gryfindor so the Sorting Hat put him in there.
Harry, I believe, was at crossroads during his time at Hogwarts especially in the beginning. He could choose to either be a powerful dark wizard or a powerful defender wizard. He held a grudge against Voldemort for killing his parents, so I believe this has helped him from going to the “Dark Side.”
Basically, Harry Potter represents the other side of Pluto, when power is used as a more positive outlet. Harry Potter was a person of power at Hogwarts; he held the DA ( Dumbledore’s Army ) and was able to influence other students to his cause. At the end of the series, he had the Elder Wand, the most powerful wand in the world. He broke the wand to its pieces, showing he had no desire to be the most powerful wizard.
Harry was able to defeat the darkness and help transform/rebuild the wizarding world. Without him, there would be no hope.
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