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, I’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.
Want to know more about the other Psychic Abilities? Learn all about these gifts in our articles about clairvoyance, clairaudience, and clairsentience.
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 – however they provide you with a lot of insights and information. Always listen to what your messages are telling you! They come to you for a reason, and can be super important to your life and its journey.
Signs That You’re 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 cool 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 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 know when Someone is Lying or not to be Trusted
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. Claircognizants Receive Messages in the Form of 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.
Claircognizance FAQ’s
Even though claircognizance is one of the most challenging abilities to discern, it is still a divine gift to have. If you are claircognizant, you can gain valuable insights into many different areas in your life only by thinking.
In this section, I will answer some of the frequently asked questions that people have in regards to claircognizance. If you have more questions, remember I am always here to answer them and help you on your spiritual journey!
What does claircognizance mean?
Claircognizance, or “clear knowing,” is the psychic ability to know things without much effort. This ability can apply to any part of a person’s life and is one of the most challenging abilities to discern. This is in part because claircognizance seems commonplace to manly people, but that couldn’t be further from the truth. Some examples of claircognizance include being able to finish other sentences or knowing the end to a movie.
How do you know if you’re claircognizant?
There are a few different signs to look out for if you think you might be claircognizant. One of the most common signs is if you are a “thinker.” While you are deep in thought, you will get a flash of insight about a problem in your life. Another sign is having strong hunches about people. If you seem to “know” when someone is dishonest or insincere, you are probably claircognizant.
What are the Clair abilities?
There are four main Clair abilities in the psychic realm: claircognizance, clairsentience, clairvoyance, and clairaudience. Claircognizance is the ability to know things intuitively. Clairsentience involves feeling things and gaining psychic insights from these feelings. Clairvoyance allows psychics to see things in the spiritual realm. Clairaudience means you can hear things outside of the physical world around you. There are also more psychic abilities, such as the ability to receive messages from spirits through the sense of taste or smell! Read more about all the psychic abilities here.
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!
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Violet says
Ever since I was young, I always “knew” things. I could also tell what kind of a person one was upon meeting them for the first time. I knew who to trust and who not to, and my mother was well aware of my ability, sometimes she would ask me how I felt about a certain person.
I would dream about things, and a few days later things would happen exactly as in my dream. I even dreamt one of the scenes on Black Panther, and when it came out in the movies, it was right there, just like in my dream!!! That freaked me out!
Once I was driving and all of a sudden I had this overwhelming knowledge that I would get into a car crash that day, but I also knew that I’d be ok. I actually felt a presence in my car, like an angel or something, and I felt safe. Anyway, about an hour and a half later, I was a little distracted trying to adjust my radio when I rammed into another car in front of me. For some reason I did not panic.The other driver called the police, and when the police arrived, I told her that I was not going to lie to her, I told her the accident was completely my fault because I was distracted. The police woman seemed really nice, and we even chatted a little about her and her family. She gave us police reports but did not write me a citation. She just said to enjoy the rest of the evening and left. I remembered the feeling I had had earlier, that I’d get into an accident and that everything would be just fine.
Sometimes I just know answers to things I have no business knowing. It’s very strange
Wille says
Hi Violet, thank you for sharing your experience with us. Wow, it sounds like you have exceptional claircognizant abilities ✨ I hope they will continue to serve you well!
Love and Light ✨
Wille
Pauline says
I am claircognizant! Always knew it but only recently learned the term claircognizant. I have been told at many readings over the years that I was gifted, had psychic abilities, that I am more powerful than I know, or most recently a divine order in my life to see things clearly and had power to create whatever my heart wants. I mean WoW! I figure it’s time to work on strengthening all of that. This was a great article and a huge help in explaining just how to go get started. Thank you!!
Wille says
Thank you for your kind words and good luck with strengthening your gift💜
Tina says
Can a person have more than one ability/gift? I read your writings here and I am most definetly sure I have a gift, however I seem to relate to more than just one. I am very much Claircognizance, but I also am feeling drawn to being Clairaudience because I do hear voices all the time and I always have. Any insight on this would be greatly appreciated.
Much Love and Light,
Tina
Wille says
Hi Tina, thank you for your comment! You can definitely have more than one ability. Psychics are people who can see, hear, and feel on average more than other people. So a psychic can have some or all of these abilities at the same time. You can practice and concentrate on claircognizance and clairaudience to find out which one is stronger and is more helpful to you. Or maybe you would like to strengthen and develop both of them. I wish you a lot of luck on this journey ????
Evan says
I check pretty much every box on the list, I used to be afraid to speak up as a child when I was certain I knew solutions to things, I have always been quick to discern things about people just in moments of meeting them, I struggle as I’m a huge skeptic with some of the practices involving these ideas, I just don’t want to be a fool.
Wille says
Hi Evan, Thanks for your comment. Please let me know if you have a specific question about your psychic ability. What kind of practices are you referring to? Thanks???? Wille