Underwater Amsterdam | Netherlands

Be very diligent and patient this month, particularly when it comes to legal matters that are littered with rumor, hearsay, and unqualified witnesses (or people with a personal ax to grind). Do your own detective work. Check out everyone and get a magnifying glass to read the fine print. Before automatically buying a warrantee on a new appliance, vehicle, etc., find out how much this warrantee costs and how much it actually covers and pays. Understand the terms of an agreement before signing anything. Be very fussy about backing up your important documents. And when in doubt, talk to your attorney. If he or she is biased to or too busy to give your issues adequate attention, find a new attorney to pick up the slack. Until the 17th, you need to keep your valuables in a safe, secure place. Don't trustingly go to a party among friends and leave your purse, briefcase or important ID info in a room where everyone else stashes their stuff. Each person who enters that room could take away more than his or her personal belongings. Don't be paranoid – just be extra careful about ID theft, using your credit card on anything that isn't a secure server, and surrendering personal data to anyone other than someone who is paid to protect you (attorney, doctor, etc.) So what's the planetary reason for this? For starters, someone has a grudge against you. This becomes apparent on the 3rd. He or she may find something you've said or done offensive or threatening and may set out to inconvenience you any possible way. If this person is computer savvy, he or she may attempt to access your personal data – your SS, credit report, address, etc. If he or she is competing for another's affection, attention, money, or control, and believes that you're a threat, anticipate that may be a motive to undermine your reputation. Don't bother directly confronting this nutjob. Doing so will only turn the tables back onto you. This will require a third party who has the knowledge, clarity and fear factor that a really tough detective or attorney does. If you believe that anyone is interfering with your business or private life, don't hesitate to investigate. Understand that without a doubt, you're in the right and the other person or group is ding-dong wrong. If it takes a legal battle to unwind this apparent revenge issue, so be it. Chances are, it will only take some shuffling of letters between your attorney and the troublemaker's counsel to settle everything. Take notes, make copies, and keep you external hard drive with you. The 8th makes you stronger and more determined to go straight to the top to get answers. The 9th may offer more innuendo or conflicting answers to settle. You begin to see a pattern, have the ability to do a background check on the problem person or group, and by the 14th, have collected enough facts to send someone through the nine gates of hell. Once the 17th arrives and Mercury is out of its storm, you can unleash the hounds of hell on the perpetrator, who may not have respected you or taken you seriously – until this happens. You will find that the element of surprise is a power tool when others underestimate your strength. The 18th is very strong. You have so much to be proud of and need to discuss what you've been through with someone you can trust.