My relationship with my spirit guides is something that I have nurtured since childhood. Although back then, I did not know they were my spirit guides. As I grew older, their presence in my life heightened and I started to develop different sensitivities of how I picked up the messages they send to me.

Psychic intuition comes in many forms, and most of us experience it in different ways. You may hear a voice in your mind, see images, feel sensations, or simply know something without explanation. These intuitive senses are often called the Clairs, that comes from the French word clair, meaning “clear.”

It important to understand that we all have these Clairs. However, some people have them more developed, while for others it’s more one specific Clair that gives them that psychic information. Each Clair represents a different way of receiving psychic or spirit information. By understanding them, you can recognize and strengthen your own intuitive gifts.

Clairvoyance (“Clear Seeing”)

Clairvoyance is the ability to receive intuitive information through mental images, visions, or symbols. It can often be mistaken for physically seeing spirits, but more commonly, it manifests as images in the mind’s eye (also known as the third eye). You may experience clairvoyance if you see flashes of images, colors, or symbols during meditation or readings. One may also experience this Clair by having vivid dreams or receiving messages through visual impressions.

Clairaudience (“Clear Hearing”)

Clairaudience is the ability to hear messages from spirits, guides, or the higher self. These messages can be external, like a voice in the room, or internal as thoughts or words in your mind. You may receive intuitive messages in the form of words, songs, or phrases. It is important to note that there is a difference between receiving psychic messages through clairaudience and hearing voices such as some individuals that suffer from a mental illness report. The messages from your spirit guides will always be loving, kind, and protective.

Clairsentience (“Clear Feeling”)

Clairsentience is the ability to sense energy, emotions, or even spiritual presences through physical sensations. Empaths often have strong clairsentience, as they pick up on the emotions of others. Those who have a developed clairsentience feel sudden emotions that do not seem to be their own. They may also experience tingles, chills, or warmth when encountering certain people or places. They also sense the presence of spirits or energetic shifts in a room.

Claircognizance (“Clear Knowing”)

Claircognizance is the ability to just know something without any logical explanation. It feels like sudden insights or downloads of information. It feel like receiving instant insights about people or situations without prior knowledge. It is that gut feelings that turns out to be accurate. You will know things without understanding how you know them.

Clairgustance (“Clear Tasting”)

Clairgustance is the ability to perceive spiritual or energetic information through taste, even when you’re not eating. This often happens in mediumship, where spirits communicate through familiar tastes. You may experience it by tasting specific foods or flavors randomly with no physical source, even associating certain tastes with particular spirits or memories.

Clairalience (“Clear Smelling”)

Clairalience is the ability to receive psychic impressions through smell. Spirits often communicate through scents that were meaningful to them in life, such as perfume, flowers, or tobacco. Smelling a familiar scent like a perfume when no one is wearing it. That is how I sense my own mom with me, because I can smell her perfume.

Clairtangency (“Clear Touching”) or Psychometry

Clairtangency, also called psychometry, is the ability to receive information by touching objects, places, or people. Energy imprints from past events can be sensed through physical contact. You will get strong impressions when holding objects, such as antiques or jewelry. As well as feel emotions or visions when touching certain places.

Clairkinesthesia (“Clear Movement”)

Clairkinesthesia is the ability to sense energetic movement, such as the presence of a spirit or a shift in the energy of a space. It is like feeling an invisible force moving around you, and sensing when a spirit is near, even if you don’t see or hear it. 

By recognizing your strongest Clair, you can develop you intuition and deepen your connection to the spirit world.