What's the Order of the Phoenix about?
Sarah Cherry
Updated on May 30, 2026
Also asked, what was Sirius talking about in the Order of the Phoenix?
Sirius told Harry he was after a more powerful weapon, a weapon he didn't had last time. If it was the profecy, how did the Order know about that? The only person who referred to it as a weapon (if memory serves) was Harry. It's written from his viewpoint.
Likewise, why is Harry so angry in the Order of the Phoenix? Harry was so short tempered in Order of the Phoenix because this is were things started to get 'real' (or serious). In the previous book, he had seen Cedric Diggory die and Voldemort, the guy who killed his parents returned just before the book ended. Not long after that Sirius dies.
In this way, what is the prophecy in the Order of the Phoenix?
Dumbledore also reveals that Harry is safe from Voldemort with the Dursleys, as by taking Harry in, Petunia, Lily's sister, seals the protection Harry's mother gave him. Furthermore, Dumbledore reveals the contents of the prophecy, which foretold the birth of someone with the power to defeat Voldemort.
What did the Order of the Phoenix do?
The Order of the Phoenix was a secret society founded by Albus Dumbledore to oppose Lord Voldemort and his Death Eaters. The Ministry refused to admit that the Dark Lord had returned, thus the Order alone worked to protect Harry Potter and the prophecy concerning him and Voldemort in the Department of Mysteries.