You’ll want to keep your more colorful opinions to yourself while Mercury, the planet of messages (and the messengers who get beaten for delivering them) is traveling through a volatile patch of sky from Jan. 24 to 27. Not only will people take your words out of context, but they’ll be more than happy to use them against you and pin the blame on your lapel. Plus it doesn’t help that Mars enters Sagittarius on Jan. 26. This will likely pour gasoline on the fires of any controversies you might be tempted to weigh in on. The best way to navigate this treacherous terrain is to avoid heated conversations, remain non-committal, and limit yourself to posting YouTube videos of baby otters doing the darndest things on your Facebook page. It may seem self-censoring and inauthentic but at least you won’t get you head bitten off.