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MINOR GROUP 515: ASTROLOGERS, FORTUNE-TELLERS AND RELATED WORKERS
 


    Astrologers, fortune-tellers and related workers predict future events in persons' lives by practising astrology or by other techniques and give warnings and advice on possible courses of action.

    Tasks performed usually include: making forecasts of future events based on the position of stars and planets at specified times or on characteristics of clients' palms, samples of playing cards drawn at random, position of tea leaves or coffee remnants in a cup and similar techniques.

    Occupations in this minor group are classified into the following unit groups:

    5151 Astrologers and related workers

    5152 Fortune-tellers, palmists and related workers

   
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 Updated 18 September 2004, by VA.