How to give an astrology reading on a call

Key facts

Before you answer

Quiet room, headphones, charged phone, chart software already open

First minute

Greet, hear the question, read the birth details back digit by digit

Talking pattern

Say one point, pause, ask one question

Notes

Birth details, the question in their words, and anything you promised to check

Video on Kismo calls

Optional: you can switch your video off

Crisis line in India

Tele-MANAS, 14416 or 1800-89-14416, free and 24x7 ²

How should you prepare before taking a call reading?

To prepare for a call reading, set up the room and your tools before you go online, not when the phone rings. A request does not wait while you look for a charger.

1. Choose a quiet room and close the door. Fans, traffic and television are louder on the client's end than in your room.
2. Wear wired or wireless headphones with a microphone, so both hands stay free for the chart and your notes.
3. Charge the phone or keep it on a cable, and silence every other app's notifications.
4. Open your chart software and a blank page for notes before the first request.
5. Keep water nearby. A reading of twenty minutes is a lot of talking.

What should you say in the first minute of a call?

In the first minute of a call, say your name, ask the client's question and confirm their birth details out loud. Astrotalk describes the same start to its clients: once connected, they give their date, time and place of birth so the astrologer can make the chart ¹.

1. Greet the client by name and say yours, so they know the right person picked up.
2. Ask them to tell you the question in their own words, and do not interrupt the first answer.
3. Take the date, time and place of birth, then read them back: "fourteen, one four, March, nineteen ninety-six".
4. Confirm AM or PM and spell the birth town back if it could be confused with another.
5. Tell them what you will look at first, so the next pause has a reason.

Numbers are where calls go wrong. Fifteen and fifty, or six and sixteen, sound alike on a weak line, and one wrong digit moves the ascendant.

How do you take notes while talking to a client?

Take notes on a call in short words, not sentences, and only on what you will need again in the same reading. Five lines are enough for most calls.

Keep those notes private and throw them away when you no longer need them. For the wider rules, see keeping client details private.

How do you pace a call reading without awkward silences?

Pace a call reading by saying your process out loud whenever you go quiet. For example: "I am looking at your current dasha now, give me a moment." A narrated pause sounds like care; a silent one sounds like a dropped line.

• Say one point, then stop and let the client react. Their reaction tells you what to say next.
• Speak a little slower than you do with family. Some clients are on a phone speaker in a noisy room.
• Let them finish a sentence even when you already know the answer.
• Explain each term once, in simple words, before you rely on it.
• Never fill a silence with a warning. Fear spoken on a call is remembered longer than anything else you say.

Should you turn video on during an astrology call?

Turn video on during an astrology call only when it helps the reading or the client asks to see you; voice alone is enough for most chart questions. A face can build trust, but a bad picture costs more than no picture.

• Put the light in front of you, not behind you.
• Keep the phone at eye level and steady, on a stand or a pile of books.
• Use a plain background. Check that no visiting card, poster or screen shows a phone number or handle.
• Dress as you would to meet a client in person.

Which language should you speak on a call reading?

Speak the language the client opens in, and mix in English only as much as they do. Astrotalk tells its callers that consulting in their mother tongue avoids "loss of information in translation" ¹.

On a call, say numbers and dates the way the client does. A Hindi speaker may hear "saadhe chhe baje" more surely than "six thirty", and a mistake in a birth time is easier to catch in their own words.

What if a caller is upset or says they are in danger?

If a caller says they are in danger or thinking of harming themselves, stop reading the chart and tell them to contact emergency services or a crisis line now. In India, Tele-MANAS is the Health Ministry's free, 24x7 mental health helpline on 14416 or 1800-89-14416 ².

Do not predict, diagnose or advise on medicine. Stay calm, speak slowly, and report it afterwards. The full steps are in what to do when a client is in crisis.

How do call readings work on Kismo?

Calls are one of two modes on Kismo: once approved you choose chats, calls or both, and set a separate per-minute rate for each, anywhere from Rs 20 to Rs 1,000. A change to either rate applies at once.

One rule matters more on a call than in a chat: saying your number aloud is still sharing it. The Astrologer Agreement forbids giving a client your phone number, UPI ID or social handle in any form ³.

What do astrologers ask about this?

Where should you go from here?

Where do these facts come from?

1. Talk to Astrologer Online: First Call Free in 13+ Languages, Astrotalk. Accessed 2026-11-05.
2. Over 100,000 calls received on the Tele-MANAS Helpline since its launch in October 2022, Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. Accessed 2026-11-05.
3. Astrologer Agreement (version 2026-09-17), section 7, Kismo. Accessed 2026-11-05.