Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where an astrologer can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role an astrologer already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Astrologers analyse constellation and motions of celestial objects and specific stellar and planetary alignments. They present this analysis together with their own interpretations about clients' temperament, predispositions related to their health, love and marriage issues, business and job opportunities and other personal aspects.

Also known as astrologist, astrology expert, horoscope teller, horoscope expert.

Service and sales workers 23 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: fortune teller, 56%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
fortune teller 56% covered psychic 56% covered medium 41% covered life coach 28% covered dating service consultant 27% covered astrologer You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from astrologer, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role an astrologer already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

An astrologer needs 10 required skills and areas of knowledge. They say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • prepare horoscopes communication, collaboration and creativity
  • specialised astrology software information and communication technologies (icts)
  • astrology social sciences, journalism and information
  • observe celestial objects information skills
  • give advice on personal matters assisting and caring
  • assess character management skills
  • rhetoric social sciences, journalism and information
  • prospect new customers communication, collaboration and creativity
  • maintain customer service communication, collaboration and creativity
  • manage personal professional development management skills
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what an astrologer does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Astrologer is filed under Service and sales workers, ISCO major group 5. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of an astrologer’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.