How to become an astrologer or Fortune-teller and related worker
Official title: Astrologer/Fortune-teller and related worker
Also called: Astrologer, Fortune-teller, Palmist
Astrologer/Fortune-teller and related worker recounts past and predicts future events in persons’ lives by practising astrology, on the basis of characteristics of the clients’ palms, samples of playing cards drawn or other techniques. He/she presents analyses to clients together with interpretations about clients’ temperament, predispositions related to their health, love and marriage issues, business and job opportunities and other personal aspects.
Main tasks
- Casting horoscopes of individuals at birth or later to recount past and forecast future events and conditions of their lives
- Interpreting characteristics of clients’ palms, samples of playing cards, position of tea leaves or coffee remnants in a cup, shapes and patterns of bones of dead animals etc
- Forecasting future events on the basis of these interpretations
- Determining auspicious times for various human activities such as inaugurations, marriages, journeys and religious and other ceremonies
- Giving warnings and advice on possible courses of action
- Advising individuals on precautions to be taken to avoid evil influences
Pay · Outlook · AI and this job
- Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
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Will AI change the work of an astrologer or Fortune-teller and related worker?
Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
Sources
- International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
Updated 4 October 2026