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Fortune teller

Also called palm reader, mind reader, numerologist

Fortune tellers use their intuition and other skills to foretell future events about a person's life and provide clients with their interpretation. They often use various techniques such as card reading, palm reading or tea-leaves reading.

Will there be jobs?Average prospects26 jobs to fill by 2035 for every 100 people doing this work today.Personal service workersWhat does it pay?Below averageFrom about €900 (Bulgaria) to €3,900 (Denmark) a month, depending on the country.Estimate · Personal service workersWhat do I need to study?Upper secondary or vocational6 in 10 finished upper secondary or vocational training.Personal service workersWill AI change it?LittleLevel 2 of 6. AI could take on part of some tasks, but none fully.Astrologers, fortune-tellers and related workers · ILO

What you'd do

Astrologers, fortune-tellers and related workers · ILO
  • Casting horoscopes of individuals at birth or later to recount past and forecast future events and conditions of their lives
  • Interpreting characteristics of clients‚Äô 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
Give advice on personal mattersAssess characterMaintain customer serviceUse consulting techniquesMaintain privacy of service users+ 3 more essential skills

Will there be jobs?

Average prospects

A typical number of jobs will need filling by 2035.

People working as personal service workers in the EU
10.21m10.63m10.46m 201520232035

Solid: measured. Dashed: forecast.

Jobs to fill, 2026–2035
3,074,000 replacing leavers 244,000 jobs disappear
Jobs to fill per 100 people working now
Personal service workers26
All jobs29
Right now
2 of 27 countries report a shortage of astrologers, fortune-tellers and related workers, 2 a surplus.
Astrologers, fortune-tellers and related workers · EURES

What does it pay?

Below average

Pay depends a lot on the country: from about €900 a month (Bulgaria) to €3,900 (Denmark), before tax.

Pick a country at the top of the page to see typical pay there, for people under 30, and compared with all jobs.

Among service and sales workers in the EU, women earn 3% less per hour than men. Service and sales workers · Eurostat

What do I need to study?

Upper secondary or vocational

Upper secondary or vocational training in religion and theology is the usual route.

Highest qualification of personal service workers (EU, 2025)
Degree 15%Vocational 46%General secondary 16%Basic schooling 23%
Fields that teach it
Religion and theology · Political sciences and civics
Vocational route, EU
Fewer than 1 in 10 trainees in this field

Pick a country at the top of the page to see where to study and the official course finders.

Will AI change it?

Little

AI could take on part of some tasks, but none fully.

How exposed is this job? ILO scale
Very low
Low
Some tasks
Moderate
Significant
High

Average task score 0.30 on a scale from 0 (AI can't do it) to 1 (AI could do it fully).

See the score for each of the 6 tasks
Forecasting future events on the basis of these interpretations0.58
Giving warnings and advice on possible courses of action0.39
Determining auspicious times for various human activities such as inaugurations, marriages, journeys and religious and other ceremonies0.25
Casting horoscopes of individuals at birth or later to recount past and forecast future events and conditions of their lives0.23
Advising individuals on precautions to be taken to avoid evil influences0.17
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, etc0.15

Based on what AI could technically do when assessed in 2025. It is not a forecast for a future year, and not a forecast of job losses. Scores for astrologers, fortune-tellers and related workers. Source: ILO (2025), adapted (credits).