Although the Seer appeared to accept Cole's plan to shatter the Power of Three by turning Phoebe evil and making her Queen of the Underworld, she feared the Underworld would revolt at the prospect of being ruled by a (former) Charmed One. She planned to get a female upper-level demon to seduce Cole away from Phoebe, then transfer the Source's unborn baby to that demon's womb. She scouted out suitable female demons before happening on Julie in 2002. She'd been working for some years as a paralegal before interviewing to be Cole's personal assistant.