Astrologer to fortune teller
An astrologer already meets 56% of what the fortune teller role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.
44.8/ 100
1 How much of what a fortune teller is expected to do is already part of an astrologer’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the fortune teller role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A fortune teller role treats 7 of its required skills as things an astrologer already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- assess character
- develop professional network
- give advice on personal matters
- maintain customer service
- manage personal professional development
- prospect new customers
What stands in the way is 5 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 15 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A fortune teller role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of an astrologer background worth leading with.
- already held astrology social sciences, journalism and information
- already held numerology arts and humanities
- already held give advice on personal matters assisting and caring
- already held assess character management skills
- already held rhetoric social sciences, journalism and information
- already held prospect new customers communication, collaboration and creativity
All 15 carried skills, including the 7 the fortune teller role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 13 missing skills fall into 4 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.
- still to learn fortune-telling techniques required
- still to learn occultism required
- still to learn body language required
- still to learn use consulting techniques required
- optional, not held interpret tarot cards optional
- optional, not held read palms optional
- optional, not held perform live optional
- optional, not held use internet chat optional
- optional, not held entertain people optional
- optional, not held perform improvisation optional
- optional, not held promote human rights optional
- still to learn maintain privacy of service users required
- optional, not held digital marketing techniques optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a fortune teller role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 15 skills that carry over
- already held assess character skill
- already held develop professional network skill
- already held give advice on personal matters skill
- already held maintain customer service skill
- already held manage personal professional development skill
- already held prospect new customers skill
- already held rhetoric knowledge
- already held administer appointments skill
- already held astrology knowledge
- already held communicate by telephone skill
- already held interview people skill
- already held keep personal administration skill
- already held manage a small-to-medium business skill
- already held numerology knowledge
- already held use different communication channels skill
8 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held interpret tarot cards optional
- optional, not held read palms optional
- optional, not held digital marketing techniques optional
- optional, not held perform live optional
- optional, not held use internet chat optional
- optional, not held entertain people optional
- optional, not held perform improvisation optional
- optional, not held promote human rights optional
8 held skills the fortune teller role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role astronomy knowledge
- not needed by the target role astropsychology knowledge
- not needed by the target role elective astrology knowledge
- not needed by the target role horary astrology knowledge
- not needed by the target role observe celestial objects skill
- not needed by the target role prepare horoscopes skill
- not needed by the target role specialised astrology software knowledge
- not needed by the target role write horoscopes skill
4 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- still to learn fortune-telling techniques required
- still to learn occultism required
- still to learn body language required
- optional, not held digital marketing techniques optional
Common questions about this move
Can an astrologer become a fortune teller?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. An astrologer already covers 56% of what a fortune teller is expected to do: 15 skills carry over, 7 of which the fortune teller role treats as required.
What skills does an astrologer need to become a fortune teller?
5 required skills are missing, plus 8 optional ones. They fall into 4 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by arts and humanities. The single most important is fortune-telling techniques.
How hard is the move from astrologer to fortune teller?
Its learning distance is 44.8 out of 100, which is the moderate band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.