From: bleablah@mume.invalid   
      
   VD presented the following explanation :   
   > On Wed, 10 Aug 2011 13:24:23 -0400, Sirius Black wrote:   
      
   >> On Sun, 07 Aug 2011 15:10:18 -0400, Chan Welbourne wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> Wilford Dumont presented the following explanation :   
   >>>> On Sun, 7 Aug 2011 13:58:01 -0400, VD wrote:   
   >>>>> Not as in "fat" although he does get there by the Epilogue ;)   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> We have Harry as the Soul (transfiguring, transforming, changing,   
   >>>>> seeking, learning), Hermione as the Mind and now Ron as the slat of   
   >>>>> the Earth, the non-cosmic, regular guy; one of many in a family;   
   >>>>> Harry's sidekick and foil; a true follower.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> I'm not going to go into detail, feel free to, regarding Ron's   
   >>>>> literary position among the trio because it all appears so   
   >>>>> obvious...to me at least.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> He's obtuse, lives within Harry's celebrity, and if not for the others   
   >>>>> complete inexperience with chess, he would have nothing to be puffy   
   >>>>> about.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> How could it be any other way? Ms. Rowling wants us to concentrate on   
   >>>>> Harry, the Soul, and his Seeker's journey and having competition from   
   >>>>> one of the Trio is not conducive to her  purposes.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Which are to teach with a moral compass that points to selflessness,   
   >>>>> choices, responsibility for them and, ultimately, the results of being   
   >>>>> a successful, seeking journeyman.   
   >>>> Nothing to add. RW is what he is and there isn't much there after all.   
   >>>   
   >>> Ditto. I found Ron superficially necessary...and boring. ^^   
   >>   
   >> I siriously disliked his character, not much of a fan of the Canon Ron   
   >> or Movie Ron. It wasn't until I took into account the "quarreling   
   >> couple" symbology and the Soul-Mind-Abdomen symbology did it make any   
   >> sense why he was portrayed the way he is.   
      
   > I don't remember if it was John Granger or Hans Andrea that first   
   > published the alchemical symbolism tied to the "quarreling couple"   
   > concept. Doesn't matter, it works like this.   
      
   > Ron (stable/fixed sulphur) + Hermione (Hermes/Mercury) Hg--> HgS   
      
   > This combination is the fixation step by the alchemist in making the   
   > Philosopher's Stone - the perfected soul - Harry (the base metal).   
   > Taking the volatile (quicksilver or Hg or HG or Hermione Granger) with   
   > the fixed (Ron is always Ron). The two opposites quarrel and how well   
   > they do! ;)   
      
   >    
      
   > Note that the combination produces red and gold - the Gryffindor   
   > colors. :) and a stable mineral.   
      
   > Which, btw, as I pointed out before, is why H/H never, ever had a   
   > chance. ;0)   
      
   Why is Ron (red haired) considered sulphur (yellow)?   
      
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