Are your gut instincts always right? Do you often know what other people are about to say? Can you come up with answers to questions without really thinking about it?
Do you ever feel like you “just know” things? If so, claircognizance might be one of your psychic abilities.
In this article, we’ll cover the definition of claircognizance and talk about the most common claircognizant signs to determine if you possess this gift and how to use it. You can also find some practical tips to improve your claircognizant abilities.
What Is Claircognizance?
Claircognizance is one of the four major psychic abilities and means “clear knowing”. It allows you to know something is real or will be, though you have no logical explanation to back up this idea.
Claircognizants just have an inner knowing or gut feeling that they can’t dismiss even if they try. They just “know” specific things through their own psychic feelings, which are directly manifested as thoughts.
For example, if you have this psychic ability, you immediately know when someone is lying or not to be trusted or perhaps you just know that you have to apply for that job. It is just knowing things without any real backing.
It can be frustrating, as people might not believe you have this instinct! But you do, and it can be so helpful and even lifesaving in some cases.
Claircognizant messages often come like a light bulb illuminating suddenly within your head and can be gone like a flash. They appear very random and at times when you are working, watching TV, running, or otherwise, doing something completely unrelated to it.
Although claircognizant messages can be annoying – especially when they warn you about people or tell you to watch out – they provide you with a lot of insights and information. They come to you for a reason and can be super important to your life and its journey.
6 Signs That You Are Claircognizant
It can be difficult to recognize the difference between having a thought and a claircognizant experience because there is a fine line between them.
Our minds often have repetitive thoughts and are invested in keeping us safe and hidden. Yet, these thoughts and instincts are not always right, contrary to claircognizant messages.
People with claircognizance are able to know things consistently without any evidence whatsoever.
Curious if you are gifted with this psychic ability? Here are the 6 most common claircognizant signs.
1. Your Gut Instincts Are Always Right
We all have instincts. They come from the way we were raised, past experiences, genes, and spiritual connections. But these instincts are not always right except if you’re a person with claircognizance.
If you’re claircognizant you have the ability to predict events based on a gut feeling that is consistently proven accurate. This is what makes claircognizance such a gift of truth to those who possess it.
Claircognizant people just know not to go to that party, accept that (too good to be true) offer, get on that plane, or trust that really nice lady, without having a logical explanation for their feelings.
So if you’ve just known something that turned out to be extremely accurate, that’s a sign that you’re claircognizant!
2. You Are A Human Lie Dectector
Do people see you as a human lie detector? Can you often suss out when people are being dishonest, even when everyone else is fooled?
These might be signs that you’re gifted with claircognizant abilities. People with claircognizance have a nose for insincerity and almost nothing gets past them.
Even when someone is simply being insincere with his or her sentiments or expressions of emotion, someone with claircognizance is able to notice these insincerities.
This makes it easy for the people in your life to trust your suggestions or ideas about people.
3. You Have Random Ideas or Solutions
Do you have seemingly random thoughts or ideas that may end up preventing you or your loved ones from very real consequences or repercussions? Then you may have the gift of claircognizance.
Claircognizant people don’t usually know when their messages are going to come to them. You may be watching the newest episode of Game of Thrones, driving in your car, or working out in the gym, when an idea or solution just pops up in your head.
Just observe them and try to figure out whatever your gut is trying to warn you about.
4. Claircognizants often Interrupt
Do you often have the urge to interrupt people? Not because of bad manners, but because you know what the person, you’re having a conversation with, is going to say? This also is a sign of claircognizance.
Claircognizant people sometimes respond even before the other person finished a full sentence, just because they already know what’s coming.
5. You know what the Outcome of a Situation will be
Have you ever been completely convinced that something would happen, and you didn’t have a logical explanation for it? Did you already know the outcome of a certain situation that turned out to be extremely accurate? You might have claircognizance!
You can not know the future with your five physical senses, but you can if you have psychic abilities. If you are claircognizant, your deeper inner knowing exceeds logic and reason, and you’re able to foresee certain situations and/or outcomes.
Those with this ability can make inferences based on gut feelings and instincts that more often than not turn out to be true.
6. You Wake Up with Solutions
Have you ever been woken up out of a deep sleep with a solution to a problem? This indicates that your gut is working even when your brain is not.
It doesn’t need evidence to find a solution to a problem and is able to just know the answer. This is a typical quality associated with claircognizance.
This is because, when you are asleep, your subconscious is in charge. At this time you can access your psychic powers and different realms of existence, using spirits to help you. If you are claircognizant your powers are free from societal restrictions when you are sleeping, appearing more often and therefore being accessible when you wake.
How to Improve Claircognizance?
Even if you don’t have all the signs of claircognizance, you might have psychic abilities. A lot of people with psychic powers have to work on them in order to fully get what they need from their powers. Things take time to learn and develop, and there are some really easy and simple exercises that you can do to practice your claircognizance.
Here are three super easy exercises you can use to expand your senses to the world beyond normal perception. From there, you’ll begin to strengthen your intuition and see and know things that the people around you won’t be able to pick up on.
1. Set an intention
You can develop psychic abilities by using positive affirmations. So, if you want to improve your claircognizant abilities, you need to set the intention that you wish for intuitive guidance.
Write your intention down and read it or say it aloud twice a day. By setting the intention and repeating it, the things you’ve wished for will come to you and you will start to strengthen your ability.
2. Automatic writing
Another great way to improve claircognizance is through automatic writing. For this exercise, you only need a blank paper and a pen (or a computer).
Try to find a quiet place where you won’t be disturbed. Ask yourself a question and let your pen start writing or just start typing without conscious effort. It may feel silly and fake at first but have trust and faith and let your mind wander.
Observe the words as they flow through your mind, without creating or manipulating them. Sometimes they will make no sense, but there will be answers that for sure surprise you!
3. Meditate!
If you want to improve claircognizance or any other psychic ability, meditation is key! It doesn’t matter whether you want to improve your claircognizance, clairaudience, clairvoyance, or your clairsentience, without meditation, your progression will be substantially less.
If you meditate on a daily basis, you can enhance your concentration, decrease stress, and even become more connected to your inner self and those around you. With practice, you’ll be able to achieve a sense of tranquility and peace no matter what’s going on around you.
It allows you to be in a relaxed state and raise your energetic vibration. Because Spirit energy vibrates at a higher frequency, it is super important to raise your vibration when improving your psychic abilities.
There are many different ways to meditate, so if one practice doesn’t seem to work for you, consider trying a different type that works better for you before you give up. Are you a total beginner? You can find a lot of tips on this site.
Are you ready to trust your gut feelings?
Just like with the other psychic abilities, being claircognizant can be scary and fun at the same time, especially if you don’t know how to interpret them. It can be hard to distinguish normal thoughts from claircognizant messages.
Just remember that the more you develop your claircognizant abilities, the better you become in identifying what thoughts come from your psychic powers and how you can use them to make specific predictions. Just keep practicing and someday, you too may “just know” that you know without questioning how.
I’d love to hear if you’ve ever experienced claircognizance or another psychic gift. Please leave your thoughts in the comments section below!
I also have an in-depth guide on psychic abilities so you can figure out which ones that you might have, and how you can work on them.
Linda says
For me my claircognizance is a bit different. It’s not so much emotions from other people but intention from them I guess. It’s like I can feel people’s aura if that makes sense. It tells me if someone is being sincere or deeply depressed and needs to talk or if they come with bad intentions. I feel auras all day every day but there have only been two times in my life where my instinct very directly told me to stay the hell away! Once as an adolescent around 12 yrs old and once as an adult 21yrs old. The second time I wasn’t in any danger or in an uncomfortable environment but I was out with my sister for a girls night out when this man approached us. Instantly this man’s aura hit my gut like a ton of bricks. It was very dark and heavy. Almost sticky. It made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up. This man was evil. He started talking to my sister and they kinda hit it off. Afterwards I told her what I felt and that she should stay away. I just KNEW the good guy scheme was a mask without even getting to know him. Fast forward they dated awhile (against my advice but what can I do she’s her own person) when she came home one day beat up by him pretty badly. We took her to the hospital where she put a restraining order. That same week he home invaded our home and put a gun to my sister’s head. I’ve never been more terrified in my life. Somehow he was talked down and left. afterwards we called the police. He was arrested. Silver lining our lease was up and we moved and changed all our phone numbers. My sister never saw him again. Whenever he gets brought up she still tells me should have listened to me that first day. I still feel some pretty intense auras every now and then. That’s when I know I need to be wary. Whenever I feel bad auras I take that as gospel to watch out.
Wille says
I am so sorry to hear about what happened to your sister. I hope she is recovering from the trauma. It is truly amazing how you have these powers and know who to watch out for.
Wille xxxxx
Rachel Hawley says
This ability saved my life and it was very recently I had gone through a unfortunate assault with a spouse whom was to become later thought of as possibly a murder attempt. I knew something was up but struggled to understand why I felt like that was the intention told to someone however he knew he couldn’t fully go thru with it and managed to manipulate it in my favor. I felt like he was givin an ultimatum to choose his life or mine. I went thru a 5 month separation from him in that time so many events went through my mind of just knowing that feeling of not needing justification from anybody you just know I started journaling and I’m so thankful that I did because everything that I had wrote down later on I would come to find were things in the moment I felt like if I didn’t get it out and write about it that I would be regretful if something was to happen to me or if something was to happen and I hadn’t written it down as I go back through and read my entries I knew everything from very very unique details and people involved and the deception that was going on in the city I lived in on a level of police corruption I struggle to believe that my feelings or the things that I was experiencing were real because I had just experienced a major trauma and the people that knew I was on the right path with what I was thinking would do everything in their power to deter me from speaking out my truth. I’ve always been a truth seeker and I believe in what is right. Saved my life
Paula says
I just get random thoughts in my head and then they happen – i turned this gift off for a while because it freaked me out but recently asked for it back – not long after I just knew the day my father in law was going to pass away – three weeks before he passed I just knew the 9th of November he was going to go. I told my sister in law and sure enough we received the call at 5:30 am that he passed on November 9th.
I decided that this is not something I should be afraid of anymore – Meditation helps a lot – trust your gut and write things down or tell someone what you feel.
Wille says
Wow, thank you for your comment, it is really interesting to hear people’s experiences. I am glad you are at peace with your powers.
Wille xxxx
Erika says
Hello,
For me it’s places and people. Ellis island in NY was the first time, It was very scary I didn’t understand what was happening.
I’m a waitress and I can feel exactly what my guest are feeling, most of the times i get so emotional I go to bathroom and cry.
Cherie says
On two separate occasions I have had knowing that a person was going to die. The first time I had a beautiful vision of her being surrounded by angels (led me to tears it was so beautiful). This person was an acquaintance who was fighting cancer at the time. She died a week or two later The other time it happened it was again someone (an acquaintance) who was fighting cancer. This time I knew what I was about to see and my fear shut it down before I could fully experience it. She died a month or two later. I have felt unsure as to why I should be gifted with this knowing and what to do with this knowledge. Both times I did not share the info with the person. I was afraid it would stop them from being motivated to live.
Meghan says
I can’t deny – this was hard for me to read but I am grateful I’ve found it.
I’ve had this for well over a decade and a half that I have been fully aware of and only those close to me but I can read anyone from a mile away if they are b*llsh*tting me of not..
And that interrupting thing my goodness everyone just thinks I am annoying as hell… which bo doubt I am!
I have known my partner for 15 years (I am now 31), funnily enough this was around the first time it happened in a way that I thought wow okay hold on…
Close family friend of ours had awful cancer and I was with my boyfriend at the time and I just had the strangest feeling that I had to call mum and asked if our family friend was okay.
Her phone was off.
I called another family friend and said hey do you know what mum was doing today? He said that she was going to go and see Kylie in hospital.
For some reason I felt I had to be there.
I drove an hour and a half over to the other side of the city in an area I would not have a clue of and there was no such thing as sat nav on phones then that is for sure!
I knew nothing around there.
I had no idea which hospital she was in.
I actually drove past the first hospital for some reason still unknown to me and arrived at another.
I pulled up the car and went to go in and say hi do you have a patient called so and so here…
Didn’t have to bother with that.
As the automatic doors opened, my mother was heading for the exit, phone in hand to turn it on and call me and say that our family friends daughter was going to die probably that night.
She could not believe it, she broke down completely.
The nurses said oh she will make it til tomorrow you can all go home. No one left… she died an hour later, if that.
Her room was full of roses and I went and got a rose tattooed on my shoulder to remind me of her always. My half brother and I were the first kids her and her brother knew and amazingly even with the horrific cancer, she managed to have two absolutely phenomenal kids. Her children were the first kids that we ever really knew too. And her father and my mother grew up across the road from each other in the UK and both moved to Australia and different Times but that inter-famillial connection was always strong.
Her daughter got a year with her… the son got a matter of months.
But he knows that his mother was… I can’t put it into words… I am sure that if someone is reading this… that person that you can’t quite put into words their kindness, their intelligence, their all around being as a person… that was and is her.
As confusing as it was, I am beyond grateful.
If my mother had called me and I had jumped straight into the car, she would have died 30 minutes before I arrived, if not more.
What is really destroying me is the stuff to do with my partner now.
I am really struggling with it and I feel that I am loosing my marbles quite frankly!
I was planning on writing more regarding that to see if anyone could provide any suggestions or thoughts but I dont have time at the moment and I am sure this was quite an essay to read. Although, if this was even remotely interesting, I have no doubt that you would read the rest and think oh…. sh*t. That is some crazy crazy stuff!
I’ve never known exactly what it was at all, I’ve thought empath but that is pretty broad spectrum in relation to this.
It was bizarre reading it as instead of doing so normally, after each bit of info I said out loud … yup…. oh Lord that’s me… wow that is spot on… okay this is kind of freaky now!
I wish I could turn it off. It is really damaging me at this stage.
In a way it is good as somehow it has become a lot more honed in for lack of a better word, but the things it has seemingly honed in on… very difficult.
Any suggestions are more than welcome, believe me!
Take care, stay well and treat others how you wish to be treated.
It was what we were all told in school but, for the most part- it has gone out the window.
Peace, Love & Empathy
M x
Wille says
Hey, thank you for the comment, it was really interesting to read! Sending you lots of love and hugs. Losing someone close is horrific. In regards to ‘turning it off’, there are things you can do to learn to live with your psychic powers. I know a lot of people with psychic powers use crystals and meditation to deal with how intense they can be.
Wille xxx