Question

Why did the astrologer say that he would become an insurance agent?

Answer 1

The astrologer makes this remark on condition that he would do so if his astrological predictions were proved wrong. However, the money-minded and opportunistic astrologer would become an insurance agent who also deals in predictions and suppositions regarding the future. It is a comment on how insurance agents can also been seen as astrologer who make their living depending upon other people's lives and deaths. 

Answer 2

The astrologer said that he would become an insurance agent because it would help him increase the profit.

Explanation

• since The astrologer had the idea of astrology he could look into the future of people and as a result of this he could predict the outcome of insurance in his life , he would give the insurance coverage to only those people from which he could earn his profit as there was no life risk to them.
• By this way he would not only increase his standard of living but also the living of the other insurance company agents