Life coach to fortune teller
A life coach already meets 48% of what the fortune teller role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.
52.2/ 100
1 How much of what a fortune teller is expected to do is already part of a life coach’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 a life coach 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
- rhetoric
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 11 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 a life coach 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 use consulting techniques communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held manage a small-to-medium business management skills
- already held administer appointments management skills
All 11 carried skills, including the 7 the fortune teller role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 17 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 fortune-telling techniques required
- still to learn occultism required
- still to learn body language required
- optional, not held numerology optional
- still to learn prospect new customers required
- optional, not held interpret tarot cards optional
- optional, not held read palms optional
- optional, not held interview people optional
- optional, not held perform live optional
- optional, not held use internet chat optional
- optional, not held communicate by telephone 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
- optional, not held astrology 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.
- 01 fortune-telling techniques study this
- 02 occultism study this
- 03 prospect new customers 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 11 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 rhetoric knowledge
- already held use consulting techniques skill
- already held administer appointments skill
- already held keep personal administration skill
- already held manage a small-to-medium business skill
- already held use different communication channels skill
12 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held interpret tarot cards optional
- optional, not held read palms optional
- optional, not held astrology optional
- optional, not held digital marketing techniques optional
- optional, not held interview people optional
- optional, not held numerology optional
- optional, not held perform live optional
- optional, not held use internet chat optional
- optional, not held communicate by telephone optional
- optional, not held entertain people optional
- optional, not held perform improvisation optional
- optional, not held promote human rights optional
16 held skills the fortune teller role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role assist clients with personal development skill
- not needed by the target role coach clients skill
- not needed by the target role communicate with customers skill
- not needed by the target role counsel clients skill
- not needed by the target role create solutions to problems skill
- not needed by the target role evaluate clients' progress skill
- not needed by the target role facilitate job market access skill
- not needed by the target role give constructive feedback skill
- not needed by the target role help clients make decisions during counselling sessions skill
- not needed by the target role identify training needs skill
- not needed by the target role listen actively skill
- not needed by the target role maintain professional administration skill
- not needed by the target role maintain relationship with customers skill
- not needed by the target role perform lectures skill
- not needed by the target role provide career counselling skill
- not needed by the target role teach communication to clients skill
6 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 astrology optional
- optional, not held digital marketing techniques optional
- optional, not held numerology optional
Common questions about this move
Can a life coach become a fortune teller?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. A life coach already covers 48% of what a fortune teller is expected to do: 11 skills carry over, 7 of which the fortune teller role treats as required.
What skills does a life coach need to become a fortune teller?
5 required skills are missing, plus 12 optional ones. They fall into 5 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 life coach to fortune teller?
Its learning distance is 52.2 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.