Parrot astrology

It involves using mainly rose-ringed and Alexandrine parakeets which are trained to pick up Tarot-like fortune cards.

[2][3] A parrot astrologer/fortune teller typically sits beneath a tree to call or by the side of the road where people congregate.

When a patron sits before the fortune teller, the latter opens the cage and lets the parrot out.

The parrot walks over to the cards, picks one from the stack or the spread with its beak and gives it to the astrologer.

[2][3] The practice of parrot astrology is diminishing in Tamil Nadu due to lack of patronage.