Ace of Base saw the signs, but have you? I’m always shocked by how many people have lived their entire lives with the gift of clairvoyance but never realized the power they possessed.
Friends and followers often reach out with a similar concern, “how do I know if I’m clairvoyant or not?” There isn’t a simple answer. But there are ways to figure it out.
I usually ask the following questions as a way to get a definite answer. Is sight your superpower? Can you see different colored lights around people?
Do you find yourself incredibly moved by sculptures, flowers, and other physical objects? Do you see glittering lights, floating shadows, or colored dots in the air?
These are some of the things that spiritually gifted clairvoyants experience. Have you been asking yourself whether or not you might be clairvoyant? If so, you came to the right place.
In this article, I’ll cover the definition of clairvoyance and talk about the most common clairvoyance signs to determine if you possess this gift. I’ve also created a test that can help you decide ‘yay or ‘nay’ when it comes to ESP vision.
What is Clairvoyance? The Definition
Clairvoyance is one of the major psychic abilities and means “clear seeing.” This psychic ability allows you to
If you are clairvoyant, you’re able to receive intuitive information through colors, images, visions, dreams, and symbols. This “inner seeing” is very subtle most of the time and will typically happen within your mind’s eye.
You’ve probably experienced Clairvoyance manifesting itself in some way during your life but didn’t recognize it for what it was!
It might be that you discredited your clairvoyant abilities as a daydream, wandering of the mind, wishful thinking, or your imagination.
It’s not strange that you confused your clairvoyant abilities with imagination or wandering of the mind. This is actually quite common!
Our intuitive abilities manifest from the same side – the right side – of the brain that houses our creative centers, including imagination. And this imagination carries the seeds of clairvoyant visions and shapes.
They’ll manifest in the same way as other creative and free expressions of your soul – with imagery.
Clairvoyant Signs
Clairvoyance doesn’t always rise up and make its first appearance in a dramatic way. You might not have an extensive dream or clear vision.
Usually, it’s much more subtle than that and there are many clairvoyant people walking around this world who don’t even know they have this super-cool psychic gift. Are you one of them? Let’s find out!
Here are the 9 most common signs that you could possess clairvoyant psychic abilities. Keep in mind that you don’t have to be able to say “yes” to all of these to be a clairvoyant psychic.
1. You see Flashes of Light and Color
Do you see glittering lights, floating shadows or colored dots in the air? Stop thinking you’re going crazy, actually far from it – you’re just gifted!
Flashes of light and color often serve as a sign that Higher Spirits, those in heaven, or other members of your spiritual team are around you. A Spirit can be looking for your attention to relay important information. You might see:
- floating orbs or colored dots in the space around
you shadows that seem like they are floating in the air- glittering or flashing lights in the space around you
- movement and twinkling lights in the corners of your eyes
The idea of Spirits might scare you, but there is nothing to be frightened about. Guidance from Angels or Spirits Guides will normally be delivered with love, and people experience this guidance as useful, valuable, and fun.
2. Clairvoyants tend to Daydream a Lot
Are you often wandering off into your own thoughts? Do you daydream and “zone out” many times a day? Do you frequently imagine things in your head almost to the point that you are living inside your head instead of out in the real world?
If so, this can be a sign that you are clairvoyant, as this is extremely typical. It is because clairvoyance has to do with seeing and visualization is a huge part of that!
That’s why clairvoyants can imagine themselves in other situations and such visualization comes naturally to them.
3. You have Frequent and/or Vivid Dreams
If you are having dreams that feel so real to you, you have what’s called vivid dreams. These dreams are very bright with color and are so close to reality that you can pick out which is which.
I’ve found that clairvoyants are very visual people, their sight is extremely active, even in sleep. That’s why you tend to experience frequent and/or vivid dreams if you’ re clairvoyant.
Sometimes, these dreams may be visions or tell a story that provides insights on what is happening in real life.
4. You have a Deep Connection with Beautiful Things
Do you love going to a museum to look at beautiful art? Are you incredibly moved by sculptures, flowers, and other physical objects? Are you drawn to a career like graphic designs or photography?
You might assume that everyone does, but this isn’t so. Some people are much more attracted to aesthetics than others. Some love art while others couldn’t care less about a sculpture or visual representations.
If you are clairvoyant, you tend to really appreciate the beautiful things in life and love creative hobbies, like painting, drawing, or photography.
This has to do with the fact that clairvoyance is strongly related to your visual senses. So if creative hobbies rock your world, it’s a sign that you might be clairvoyant.
5. You see Things Moving in the Corner of your Eye
Do you see things out of the corner of your eyes, to the point where you are actually double-checking that you didn’t just see someone? If you do and fin that there’s
Earthbound spirits are the mental or emotional bodies of deceased people, who have not fully crossed over for some reason. Clairvoyants not only have the ability to see Spirit Guides but in some cases also see earthbound spirits.
This ability can be quite scary, but it doesn’t need to be. Embracing your gift will make this less of an uncomfortable situation when it happens.
6. Clairvoyants can see Auras or Glowing Lights around People
As a clairvoyant, you may see different colored lights around people who you come in contact with at home, work, or in public. These are the visual manifestations of auric fields, which are composed of electromagnetic energies.
They contain a lot of information about people’s lives and will help you understand how they are feeling.
If you’re not familiar with reading an aura, this exercise will help you: let the person who’s aura you’re trying to read,
7. As a Clairvoyant, you see how Things Fit Together
Can you see in your mind’s eye how something should be so that it works properly? Are you a master in solving difficult puzzles or complicated problems? Do you easily see how different pieces fit together while others are already struggling with it for hours?
Many clairvoyants find they naturally understand how things and ideas link together and again, this all comes back to how visual those with the gift of clairvoyance are.
8. You are good at Envisioning Plans in your Head
Do you often create entire scenes in your mind about the future? Do you have a special talent for creating new designs?
People with clairvoyant abilities have a strongly developed sense of sight. That’s why they can plan and envision things in their head and are able to see an end result even before the start of a project.
9. A Clairvoyant has a Great Sense of Direction
Should Siri ask you for direction instead of giving it to you? Do others so you as a human GPS?
This might be another sign that you are clairvoyant, as you can see things in a way that others can’t. Because of your strong visualization skills, travel can seem like a breeze.
How to Deal with Clairvoyance
Clairvoyance is the ability to see past our traditional senses. I’ve always viewed my clairvoyance as a talent or a superpower in a sense. Being able to see beyond what others perceive as reality has many benefits.
But I’ve found that with all gifts, there are drawbacks as well. Many untrained psychics and naturally talented have difficulty dealing with their abilities at first. This isn’t uncommon or something that you should be ashamed of.
Take Pablo Picasso, for example. Although he was one of the most famous artists to have ever lived, he had trouble learning and struggled with dyslexia.
Because dyslexia is a language-based learning disorder that also has a visual component, it affected Picasso’s perception of reality.
This undoubtedly influenced his work. It is also what led him to pursue art in the first place after being labeled ‘reading blind’ and dropping out of school.
Tips to deal with your Clairvoyant Abilities
Picasso eventually mastered his gifts, and so can you. Here are a few tips for the clairvoyant with newly discovered abilities:
- Don’t doubt what you can do. If you’ve ever read the book or seen the movie, the Giver, you probably remember the scene where the main character, Jonas, realized that he had an extraordinary gift. Unlike others in his Utopian society, Jonas could see color. To everyone else, an apple (and every other object) was a single monotone hue. But Jonas was able to see beyond what was on the surface, even if just for a split second.
When Jonas’s ginger-headed friend, Fiona, came to talk to him, her hair seemed to ‘glitch.’ He could see that it was red, just like the apple he had spotted a while back. If Jonas had mentioned this to others, they would have thought he was crazy. In some instances, the same will be true for a clairvoyant. Thankfully, you, like Jonas, are not alone. He found support from ‘The Giver’ and was able to use his abilities for the greater good of his society, and so can you.
- Strengthen your third eye. One key to dealing with clairvoyance is honing your abilities and gaining as much control over them as possible. Doing this takes away some of the fear and anxiety that plagues the untrained psychic. This is because you’ll see most of your visions inside your mind’s third eye. Working on opening and strengthening this chakra center is critical.
- Practice using your abilities deliberately. If you are in a place with lots of people, try to see their auras. Close your eyes and visualize flowers, numbers, and other objects. When you see a Spirit or orb out of the corner of your eye, don’t run from it. Instead, focus on ‘seeing beyond.’
- Meditate often. Even though this is the most practice for a clairvoyant, this tip is one that has become almost cliche. It is through meditation that all people, even those who don’t consider themselves psychic, can improve their intuition and connection to self. I have known people who lived their whole lives with limited psychic ability to become spiritual rockstars after a few months of meditating. So, if you don’t know much about meditation, do some research and give it a try.
Clairvoyant Game
Here’s a simple clairvoyant game you can play:
Have your spouse or a friend place 7 or 8 items on a stable surface such as a table or countertop while you are out of the room. Once everything is in place, set a timer and walk into the room. Allow yourself 10-15 seconds to study all of the items.
Walk back out of the room and try to see the picture in your mind. Jot down as much as you can remember about every object (color, size, shape, position, etc.) and see how well you did. Techniques like this will help you strengthen your ability to visualize.
Clairvoyance Test
Feel like you need help honing in your skills? Take this clairvoyance test to see where you stand.
Take a look at the images below. See if you can get a read on them. Who are they? Or if it is an object, who did they belong to? What were they used for? Is there a sense of sadness attached? Or positive, perhaps?
Once you’ve got a good read on them, scroll down and read the bit of information for each piece.
Clairvoyance Test – Picture 1
The first picture is a necklace that was discovered two and a half miles under the sea and then restored a hundred years after the tragic sinking of the Titanic.
This Edwardian necklace was found in 1997 inside of a bag with other jewels, and although we don’t know exactly who it belongs to, it is assumed that it belonged to a victim of the terrible skinking.
Clairvoyance Test – picture 2
What kind of vibe did you get from the second image? This is a bible quilt that belonged to Harriet Powers, a Civil War-era slave from the state of Georgia.
History has it that Mrs. Powers sold her handmade quilt for five dollars after being freed but falling on hard times. However, she insisted that the person buying it learn about each bible scene stitched onto the quilt before purchasing it. It is now on display at the Smithsonian.
Clairvoyance Test – Picture 3
If you’re happy and you know it, go for a swim? This picture is of a beach in Finland–dubbed by experts as the “happiest place on earth.”
Why are people in Finland filled with so much joy? High-quality education, equal pay for both men and women, as well as good healthcare.
Clairvoyance Test – Picture 4
She may look like a sweet granny, but 86-year-old Johanna Quaas is a force to be reckoned with. She’s in the Guinness Book of World Records as the world’s oldest gymnast.
Her husband is also a gymnast and together, they have three daughters. She still competes regularly and is quoted as saying “my face is old, but my heart is still young.”
Clairvoyance Test – Picture 5
eBay co-founder Pierre Omidyar is not only a wealthy businessman, but he is also ranked as one of the most giving men on earth.
He is a part of the Bill Gates ‘Giving Pledge’ and has donated over a billion dollars to various charities that help with homelessness, hunger, and other causes.
Clairvoyance Test Results
This brings us to the end of our test and I’m curious as to how well you did. However, I must say that as fun as I found this exercise, it’s hard to test clairvoyance online. I know many psychics who have a hard time reading images and do better in person.
So not getting the right ‘vibes’ from the images above doesn’t mean that you’re not clairvoyant. These types of exercises are something you should practice if you’re wanting to ‘beef up’ your natural gift.
Clairvoyance Questions Answered
The response and questions I received from my readers have been wonderfully overwhelming. I am extremely grateful to have these interactions and while I am responding to every message I get, I’m answering the most frequently asked questions about clairvoyant abilities and how to strengthen them here.
What does clairvoyance mean?
Clairvoyance is an ability to gain information about a person or object through extrasensory perception. The term comes from the French word clair (clear) and voyance (vision). Clairvoyance is one of the major psychic abilities and thus translates to “clear seeing”. This psychic ability allows the tapping into the soul and the collective knowledge of all souls of the universe.
What is clairvoyance in psychology?
In psychology, the description of being Clairvoyant is slightly different than the explanation in layman’s terms. Clairvoyance is the knowledge of information that is generally not known to any other person, not obtained by any ordinary channels of reasoning and comes as a form of ESP, extrasensory perception.
How do you become a clairvoyant?
If you are clairvoyant, you’re able to receive intuitive information through colors, images, visions, dreams, and symbols. Sounds cool, doesn’t it? And the good part is that you can improve your clairvoyant abilities by following some simple steps and daily practice. Just compare it with working out: it takes time and practice to build your “psychic muscles”. Feel like you need help honing in your skills? Take this clairvoyance test to see where you stand.
How can I improve my clairvoyant abilities?
When the body and mind are relaxed, intuitive experiences happen. You can strengthen your clairvoyant abilities by observing what is happening to your body. Focus on your energy levels and pay attention to how you feel around other people. Another tool is to practice focussing on the flashes of light and color you receive. Becoming aware through meditation, journaling and mostly observing will strengthen your Clairvoyant abilities further.
Are You Clairvoyant?
In this article, I’ve covered what clairvoyance is and talked about the most common signs to determine if you possess this gift. If you don’t possess every single one of them, it doesn’t mean that you don’t have the wonderful gift of clairvoyance. It is still likely that you have clairvoyance abilities if the majority applies to you.
If you resonate with being clairvoyance, know that it is truly a gift. But first, you have to work out how to develop and master it to make the most out of your abilities. Once you’ve learned this, you can achieve a lot and live to your fullest potential!
Sonia s says
Hello, im so relieved i came accross this article. My entire life has been a sort of mystery unfolding. I remember things all the way back until around 2 years old. I remember faces places memories and my reasonings. I get flashes of these things often. My entire life has been fulfilled with unusually vivid lucid dreams that i can control in every aspect teach learn from and adventure. I used to struggle with night terrors, but those too i have been able to turn from and invite lessons and amazing encounters and even deals with in order for my dreams to be positive. I even predicted my pregnancies through these dreams and at times in life i had slept all day all noght because my dreams were so full of adventure and feelings and emotions colors and vivod faces and friends that reality was the real dream land where nothing happened. Now i enjoy both reality and dreams. I also get visions in my dreams to where i can predict events, talk to others in dreams who live far and i need a way to message them asap, and i also see disasters before they happen. I predicted gas leaks and robbings and unfortunate events that actually scared but comforted a friend because he couldnt understand how i could have known ahead of time what is to come. I had been scared these abilities were from the devil because my christian beliefs tend to preach that. Would this be a type of prophet occurance or is it just called psychic. I would be scared to fully tap in because of the way i was brought up. I also always in psych occurances complain about the shadows i see and sparkles all the time and flashes of lights and aura colors. I cannot believe this article described me to a tee i no longer feel crazy. Id see cellular activity surroundi g even inatimate objects showing me the motions of the cells that bounce too and fro or around the object as if seeing moving atoms. The motions of them told me solid vs liquid and how dense objects are which i couldnt believe was possible without a microscope but was always able to interpret and describe the sciences my brother has his masters in and i was able to directly understand without any science studies and compare real life occurances abd examples to where those of normal IQ could follow along. Even my brother is amazed at my instantanepus understandings. I have so many arts abilities and have picked up on all. I see multiple colors within a solid color and shades and shadows that allow me to sketch replicas others cannot see where i can see the tone differences with the clear eye. Ive had art pieces in the art institute and off all other arts competed in. My family line had to have some ability somewhere, as my birth brothers and sister also are gifted but refuse to recognize these. I have a blind brother who is for sure along the same path as he is so independent. He can visualize a room after being in it once his memory is extroadinary and he hears so well. He can write letters and draw pictures without having seen. in my cases with psych My doctors even put me on psych meds to stop these occurances and idk if thats right or wrong sometimes. My visualizations and hearing occurances had gotten me diagnosed with scitzoaffective manic depressive adhd anxiety and depression. Ive felt the psych issues definately but how does one differentiate between actual psych disorders and clairvoyant empath and cairadient. ? Ive definately questioned my psychic advisors for more info but they failed to get back to my questions. Anyone willing to talk and have friendship involving our shared gifts is encouraged to email me please and thankyou.
Tracy says
Late last year I had an unbelievably vivid dream that my dad came to me and said he was taking my mum to be with him, he said to make the most of the time I had left with her (he passed away 13 years ago). The dream really worried me as it was so lifelike, but there were no signs my mum was ill. She passed away February this year. Since she passed I keep seeing something like a shadow out of the corner of my eye I look and there is nothing there.
I’ve often wondered about how to get in touch with spirit guides and the whole spirit world. This is something I’m going to look into further
Willemijn says
Hi Tracy, Thanks for sharing your sorry and I’m really sorry to hear that both your parents passed away. Seeing the shadow out of the corner of your eyes might indicate that a spirit is watching over you (like a guardian angel). This might be your mother as it happens since she passed away. It is possible to develop your psychic abilities, but this journey is different for each one of us. What helped me was meditation and opening my chakras, because those two things help with developing all psychic abilities. Also, I started to explore other tips, and by just doing, I figured out what did and didn’t work out for me. Hopefully, that will help you too. Sending you lots of sparks of joy! Willemijn
THONNIE ROSE BERNADAS says
Hi!! I am thonnie.. I can read peoples emotions.. I recognize If they are good or bad,and im comfortable of empaths like me.
Sometimes i heard spirit voices.. And sometimes i have deja vu.
Angel says
I’m not really sure what is going on with me. For the few years I’ve had dreams that will then come true or they tend to be a sign of something. If I dream about a specific person more than once I know I’m going to see them or they will reach out to me soon and it’s for a reason. I was dating someone and we were a little bit on and off. I would start having dreams about him. They usually would start with him at a distance. We’d be in the same room but not talking to each other and separated because he was busy and so was I. Each dream something more would happen. And then I would get a text from him wanting to talk or see me. It happened so many times. The last final break up I didn’t dream of him at all and then they started and I knew he’d contact me and he did. I haven’t heard from him in a while but I recently had a couple of dreams about him – but he was far away in the dreams. So I know he’s out there thinking of me and thinking about contacting me but it won’t happen yet if it does. There is a patient at work I started dreaming about. At first I didn’t think much of it. It was a little odd but whatever. I dreamt of him 3 or 4 times and then one day he was asking me if I knew someone who wanted a dog that he needed to re-home. Now he is in my life and we’re friends. And we talk all the time. I had another dream after a girl was fired from work that we were all sitting in a room and she was sitting next to me and when I asked what we were doing she said waiting for a decision. Within a week after that dream she was re-hired to a different part of the company. Another girl quit and I had a dream she game sauntering in out of nowhere saying “I’m back” and that exact same thing happened the next day.
I had dreams about covid. In the beginning before it was crazy. I had three distinct dreams each worse than the other. The last one everyone was wearing masks and we were letting people in one at a time at work. And then it happened within a week our entire system changed at work (One patient at a time) and now everywhere everyone is wearing masks. The first covid dream I had I was bleeding from my right breast (strange yes) and I went to get help but when I did there were a bunch of people also bleeding waiting for help. Those dreams definitely could have been coincidence.
I know if I dream about someone more than once or twice they are about to come into my life.
Ive also seen sparks? In the air right in front of me. Almost like a twinkling light. It happens so fast and is gone. One time it was almost like a swirling light and then gone and I still question if I really saw it.
And finally – more recently – I’ll see images. The first couple times I didn’t think much of it but the last time freaked me out and I still can’t get it off my mind. I was lying in bed – resting for a minute before dinner -awake not sleeping. Closed my eyes just relaxing as it was 4pm and a little early to start making dinner. I had a clear flash of an image of a woman. It was like it would be if my eyes were open and I were looking right at a picture or watching tv and an image was flashed. She was blonde a bob cut. Wearing a blue suit. Attractive in her 40s or 50s it was a bright day. She was smiling. The image came out of nowhere and scared me. I immediately had the feeling it was a message or it meant something but I’ve no idea what. And I know it sounds crazy.
I also can sense emotion from someone – or if they are troubled or good or bad for lack of a better word. Nothing super specific but the people who are troubled I can just feel it. I can sense tension and emotions right away. I guess that isn’t really uncommon but I always know if something more is going on.
Anyway – I started writing down my dreams. Never used to think dreams meant anything but now I do. Maybe not all of them but certain ones. I’ve dreamt I’ve had medical issues – like something is really wrong with me – but I don’t find out until it’s too late. I’ve had this dream many times. I don’t think much of it as I’m fairly healthy. I’ve also had a couple of lucid dreams and those are very cool.
Willemijn says
Hi there:) Thank you for sharing your experiences! It sounds like you had a mix of clairvoyant and clairsentient experiences. If you want to develop them, I would definitely start to meditate. In my ‘Clair’-articles you can also find other tips on how to strengthen your psychic abilities. Just remember that overall psychic messages are delivered with love, so if it starts to feel off use your common sense. Hope this helped. Sending you lots of sparks of joy!
Monty Toone says
Thank you for the inspiration to look further into this.. first and foremost and to the 9 most common signs of Clairvoyance. After some curiosity and reading through all the signs intently, I realised I had experienced at least 1 or more of the labels in each one of them without realizing it.
In the past at some stage or another since the age of 5yrs (Elder of twins now 57, lost my other to Leukemia at 4yrs) I have had some experiences with the 9 signs in some way or another. All the while, suffering a lot of physical, mental and psychological abuse as a child resulting in a condition that was to be known as childhood trauma going through my teens and into young adulthood. I remember having vivid dreams of my twin after his death in which I saw what I know of now as the 3rd eye.. of course as a child not knowing or understanding what it meant, I awoke feeling alone and afraid. Everything else after that presented itself at various times throughout my life.
I could go on anyway.. however saying that I feel I have something to look forward to and to work on more if I so desire.. I don’t want to get too ahead of myself either, but I feel like I might have the answer to my question knowing there’s a lot more work required to get the desired result. Thank you again.
Kind Regards.
Willemijn says
Thank you for sharing your experiences and your story! And good luck on your journey. Just remember to be kind for yourself:)