Astrologer to psychic
An astrologer already meets 56% of what the psychic role asks for. The move turns on 4 required skills not yet in the profile.
42/ 100
1 How much of what a psychic 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 psychic role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A psychic role treats 6 of its required skills as things an astrologer already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- develop professional network
- give advice on personal matters
- maintain customer service
- manage personal professional development
- prospect new customers
- rhetoric
What stands in the way is 4 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 12 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A psychic 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 prospect new customers communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held manage a small-to-medium business management skills
- already held administer appointments management skills
All 12 carried skills, including the 6 the psychic role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 11 missing skills fall into 5 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 use consulting techniques required
- optional, not held perform lectures optional
- optional, not held perform live optional
- optional, not held use internet chat optional
- optional, not held assist police investigations optional
- optional, not held entertain people optional
- still to learn read people required
- optional, not held trace people optional
- still to learn occultism required
- still to learn maintain privacy of service users required
- optional, not held consultation optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a psychic role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 read people practise this
- 02 occultism study this
- 03 maintain privacy of service users 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 12 skills that carry over
- 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 assess character skill
- already held communicate by telephone skill
- already held keep personal administration skill
- already held manage a small-to-medium business skill
- already held use different communication channels skill
7 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held perform lectures optional
- optional, not held perform live optional
- optional, not held use internet chat optional
- optional, not held assist police investigations optional
- optional, not held consultation optional
- optional, not held entertain people optional
- optional, not held trace people optional
11 held skills the psychic 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 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 specialised astrology software knowledge
- not needed by the target role write horoscopes skill
2 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 occultism required
- optional, not held consultation optional
Common questions about this move
Can an astrologer become a psychic?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. An astrologer already covers 56% of what a psychic is expected to do: 12 skills carry over, 6 of which the psychic role treats as required.
What skills does an astrologer need to become a psychic?
4 required skills are missing, plus 7 optional ones. They fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is read people.
How hard is the move from astrologer to psychic?
Its learning distance is 42 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.