Astrologer to life coach
An astrologer already meets 28% of what the life coach role asks for. The move turns on 10 required skills not yet in the profile.
65.2/ 100
1 How much of what a life coach 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 life coach role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A life coach role treats 2 of its required skills as things an astrologer already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- give advice on personal matters
- maintain customer service
What stands in the way is 10 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 10 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A life coach 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 give advice on personal matters assisting and caring
- already held assess character management skills
- already held rhetoric social sciences, journalism and information
- already held manage a small-to-medium business management skills
- already held administer appointments management skills
- already held maintain customer service communication, collaboration and creativity
All 10 carried skills, including the 2 the life coach role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 17 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 assist clients with personal development required
- still to learn maintain relationship with customers required
- still to learn coach clients required
- still to learn communicate with customers required
- still to learn counsel clients required
- still to learn create solutions to problems required
- still to learn listen actively required
- still to learn use consulting techniques required
- optional, not held facilitate job market access optional
- optional, not held perform lectures optional
- optional, not held give constructive feedback optional
- optional, not held provide career counselling optional
- optional, not held teach communication to clients optional
- still to learn help clients make decisions during counselling sessions required
- still to learn evaluate clients' progress required
- optional, not held identify training needs optional
- optional, not held maintain professional administration optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a life coach role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 assist clients with personal development practise this
- 02 maintain relationship with customers practise this
- 03 coach clients practise this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 10 skills that carry over
- already held give advice on personal matters skill
- already held maintain customer service skill
- already held administer appointments skill
- already held assess character skill
- already held develop professional network skill
- already held keep personal administration skill
- already held manage a small-to-medium business skill
- already held manage personal professional development skill
- already held rhetoric knowledge
- already held use different communication channels skill
7 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held facilitate job market access optional
- optional, not held perform lectures optional
- optional, not held give constructive feedback optional
- optional, not held identify training needs optional
- optional, not held maintain professional administration optional
- optional, not held provide career counselling optional
- optional, not held teach communication to clients optional
13 held skills the life coach role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role astrology knowledge
- not needed by the target role astronomy knowledge
- not needed by the target role astropsychology knowledge
- not needed by the target role communicate by telephone skill
- not needed by the target role elective astrology knowledge
- not needed by the target role horary astrology knowledge
- not needed by the target role interview people skill
- not needed by the target role numerology 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 prospect new customers skill
- not needed by the target role specialised astrology software knowledge
- not needed by the target role write horoscopes skill
Common questions about this move
Can an astrologer become a life coach?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. An astrologer already covers 28% of what a life coach is expected to do: 10 skills carry over, 2 of which the life coach role treats as required.
What skills does an astrologer need to become a life coach?
10 required skills are missing, plus 7 optional ones. They fall into 4 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is assist clients with personal development.
How hard is the move from astrologer to life coach?
Its learning distance is 65.2 out of 100, which is the substantial 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.