Why didn’t Phoebe receive a vision about Cole?

[louislemon]

(If we ignore that it’s probably down to the writers not even thinking about this as a problem and we just focus on Phoebe and wonder why she didn’t receive one)

she’s had visions of her neighbours revealing themselves to be demons and why not cole? (Someone she is closer to) She’s strong and surely she would have received one revealing that Cole was a demon (in season 3 I’m referring to)

In s4 the seer says that Phoebe won’t receive a vision about cole being taken over by the source because of the sources magic and I wish they had something like that for Cole in season 3.

A spell or magic amulet that stopped Phoebe from receiving any premonitions about Cole being a demon. It would have added a new layer to the the worldbuilding of Charmed.

[Aaeiyn]

Phoebe has had visions about the death of "evil beings":

S2E2 "Morality Bites" - She has a premonition of her future self (who became a murderer) being burned.
S3E11 "Blinded by the Whitelighter" - She has a premonition about the darklighter.
S6E15 "I Dream of Phoebe" - She has a premonition about Jeannie who's really a demon.
S7E10 "Witchness Protection" - She has a premonition about the demise of Kyra who is a demon. IK people love Kyra and think she's a "good person", I don't, but that's a different conversation to be had.

These premonitions are for her to "see the bigger picture". Cole's purpose, IMO, was to be an ally for the Charmed Ones, due to his love for Phoebe. Killing him prematurely, the original Triad would still be alive, and I'm guessing Paige would die 'cause Cole wouldn't be there, with Phoebe to help fight off Shax.

The same way the darklighter needed to be saved, to deter Eames from obtaining a crossbow, to kill whitelighters. Or, stopping the demons from resurrecting the lost city of "Sandbar".