Intuitive Gifts - The Clairs

The truth is that all living things have intuitive abilities. Just like our 5 senses, we are equipped with intuitive senses to keep us safe, aid our healing on this planet, and to connect with one another (even after death). With that said, if the gifts are not sharpened they can become dull like a knife in the kitchen drawer that hasn’t been sharpened in years. When we are children, we are closer to wherever it is we come from. We are not so tainted with the limiting beliefs that we may learn to take on as we grow. Such as the belief that humans cannot connect with spirits. As children, we are open, so we are more open to our intuitive gifts and thus, a lot of people may speak about how they experienced certain intuitive abilities when they were children but have since outgrown them. Psychologists rarely believe in any of the clairs - especially clairaudience. Let's face it, most women who were forced into asylums were likely incredibly intuitive and unfortunately living in a time when people were afraid of such gifts.

Clairvoyance is the gift of intuitive vision. This is when you are able to see things of the past, future, or even present moments that are not your own. This gift can come in the form of dreams, meditation, or actually seeing things in your reality. Calirvoyance is the most well-known form of Psychic abilities but it is not as commonly used amongst psychics themselves. These are the people who would call themselves “the seer”. The veil is lifted between dimensions if you have this intuitive ability. You may have been told as a child that you had “floaters” in your eyes. I am here to let you know that you were likely seeing spirits.

Clairagustance is the intuitive sense of taste. Have you ever thought of someone and immediately got a clear taste of their favorite dish? Or maybe you have a thought of your younger cousin who ran a lemonade stand a few summers ago and your taste buds become prickly, you get a sour but sweet taste in your mouth reminding you of freshly squeezed lemonade. If you’ve experienced anything like this, you are tapped in to your clairagustance. This is the least known sense of psychic abilities. Mediums often use this gift to connect with spirits who are in other realms. For example, you may get a metallic taste similar to that of blood, on your tongue if a spirit wants you to know that blood is an important factor in their energy profile (i.e. if they died in a brutal way etc.).

Clairsalience is the intuitive gift of smell. This is another one that is often used in mediumship. People with claisalience receive intuitive messages and confirmations with scents that trigger them into some form of intuitive knowing. For example, they may often get a whiff of a scent for a moment or two and before they can even tell someone what they’ve just experienced, the scent will be gone without any explanation of where it came from in the 3d. This gift, similarly to Clairagustance, can be like nostalgia. This is one of my stronger “clairs”. In mediumship, you might find that you get a scent of the ocean or flowers, or even rain when connecting with someone trying to give you information about a location that might be important.

Clairaudience is the intuitive gift of hearing. This can be hearing voices, music, bells, specific sounds, anything outside of the 3d. This can also be when a sound in the 3d is perfectly timed with a thought you may have been having. For example, if you’re thinking of someone you knew previously and began to wonder if they ever thought of you anymore, and all of a sudden a song comes on the spotify playlist of how much someone is missed. That can be considered clairaudience. Ringing of the ears, feeling extreme heat or extreme cold on the ears is also a sense of clairaudience. This gift can be perceived from an external perspective but also an internal perspective. Personally, I’ve found that when I am dozing into sleep or coming right out of sleep, I can sometimes receive psychic messages through clairaudience. It sounds like a noise in reality that is somehow distant but also very close.

Claicognizance is the intuitive gift of simply knowing something but having no proof of why or how you know. This is similar to what some might call “a mother’s intuition” and so, it is more commonly accepted than say, clairaudience. Let’s be honest, we’ve all heard someone make a joke about people who “hear voices”. People who are tapped into their claircognizance can often times say the oddest things, predict the most insane events, and somehow they actually come true. If you happen to have strong Virgo or air sign (Aquarius, Gemini, Libra) placements you might be more apt to having a strong connection with this gift. Some people with this gift who aren't aware of the clairs may tell you not to go to a certain place because they "just have a feeling" it won't be good. The feeling is most likely a knowing.

Clairsentience is the intuitive gift of feeling. This is the goosebumps feeling you might get if you know something unfavorable is likely to happen, or the gut feeling you get at other times. Any bodily sensation - cold, warm, sick, anxiety, adrenaline, feeling ecstatic – these are some ways that spirits can communicate their presence to you. For example, a spirit might give you the feeling of butterflies in your stomach if you ask them about a time when they were feeling nervous and hopeful. Clairsentience allows you to feel what others are feeling on a physical level – unlike an empath who is feeling what others are feeling on an emotional level. The emotions can come through with this gift as well but it is more of a physical sensation that hits you.

Clairempathy is the intuitive gift of emotional feeling. Do not confuse this with a simple empath. Being an empath is a beautiful gift as well but it speaks to walking into a room and being able to pick up on the emotions of people around you. Also a wonderful gift, but a little different from clairempathy. Clairempathy is the ability to pick up on the feelings of people who are not near you. Like when you get a feeling that something is wrong with your aunt who has been backpacking through Europe, and when you call to check on her she let’s you know that she hasn’t been feeling well and may have a stomach bug. Mediums also use this gift to let you know how a loved one who has passed feels about you, and may speak to you about your own feelings of the past or how you might be feeling in the future.

Clairtangency is the intuitive gift of touch. Someone with this gift will be very sensitive to the material world. You may not find them thrifting as often as someone without this gift. They can touch an antique and tell you how many others have touched it or even more specifically, give you details of one of its owners. If you’ve ever gone to a psychic and he/she asked to hold your hand or an object of someone you were asking about, they were tapping into their gift of clairtangency. These people can also draw images that come to them psychically but I believe they use a little clairgonizance with that as well – I could be wrong. This isn’t my strongest “clair” by far.

 Now that you have a clear description of each of the intuitive abilities, which one are you most connected to? Do you plan to strengthen any of the other abilities you are capable of possessing? Let me know in the comments!