Lately it seems like my clients, students, colleagues, friends, and myself are encountering exponentially MORE synchronicities and intuition! More clear, more specific, more non-local, more “what are the chances of this happening” messages. The information is often directive, nudging each person to take a clear next step without seeing the whole timeline of where this action may lead. I feel an increase in trust, curiosity, and beginners mind.
How does intuition show up for you? Clairvoyance, clairaudience, clairsentience, or claircognizance?
For me the ability to feel energy, see images in my mind’s eye, and feel sensations in my body associated with my environment have been a gift not only personally but also professionally in my coaching.
Our intuitive capabilities have practical applications in our everyday life. Here is an excerpt from my book, Living From the Center Within: Co-Creating Who You Are Becoming:
“I smile as I recall my daughter calling from college in California to ask for assistance. She had lost her access card which tracked her meal plan and was used to get in and out of buildings on campus. A picture emerged in my mind with her request to help find it. I saw her using her access card as a bookmark, and it had slid into the pages of the book. As she walked around her apartment, telling me about her English class lecture that day and the party the night before with her friends, I could hear the book pages fanning in the background. Eventually the access card dropped out of one. She thanked me and continued sharing her stories.” -Page 132
Here is a bit more about the ‘clairs.’
The clairs are often described as different “clear senses” or intuitive channels. They can be experienced as your higher self, intuition, or spiritual guidance.
| Clair | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Clairvoyance | Clear seeing; receiving information through mental images, symbols, or visions. | You suddenly picture a red umbrella and later realize it was warning you it would rain. |
| Clairaudience | Clear hearing; receiving messages as words, sounds, music, or inner hearing. | A song lyric pops into your mind and answers a question you were asking yourself. |
| Clairsentience | Clear feeling; sensing information through emotions or body sensations. | You walk into a room and feel tense for no obvious reason, then learn people had just argued. |
| Claircognizance | Clear knowing; having a strong inner certainty without knowing how you know. | You just know a friend is about to call before the phone rings. |
| Clairalience | Clear smelling; perceiving a scent that isn’t physically present. | You smell roses and think of a loved one, even though there are no flowers nearby. |
| Clairgustance | Clear tasting; sensing a taste without eating anything. | You suddenly taste coffee and later connect it to a memory or message. |
| Clairtangency | Clear touching; receiving information through touch, also called psychometry. | You hold an old ring and get a strong sense of its owner’s life or feelings. |
| Clairempathy | Clear emotion; sensing or absorbing another person’s emotions very strongly. | You feel unusually sad near someone who is grieving, even before they speak. |
Simple way to remember them
- Seeing: clairvoyance.
- Hearing: clairaudience.
- Feeling: clairsentience.
- Knowing: claircognizance.
- Smelling: clairalience.
- Tasting: clairgustance.
- Touching: clairtangency.
- Emotions: clairempathy.
How to notice your strongest clair
Begin by paying attention to how your intuition naturally shows up. Some people get images, some hear inner messages, some feel things in their body, and some just know.
A simple way to explore is to ask yourself:
- Do I see, hear, feel, or just know?
- Which kinds of intuitive moments happen most often for me?
- What kind of message feels most natural and trustworthy?
Try this:
- Sit quietly for a minute.
- Ask, “How is my intuition trying to speak to me today?”
- Notice whether an image, word, feeling, scent, taste, or inner knowing comes first.
- Write it down without judging it.
Over time, you may notice one clair feels stronger than the others. Many people use more than one, but one or two often stand out.
As July blossoms, pay extra attention to the intuitive messages coming your way!