Types of Intuition

We are all more intuitive (or psychic) than we realise.Your intuition may also manifest as clairsentient -
It's a natural ability to perceive far beyond our sensesperceiving information through a sensation in your
and logic; a flash of inspiration or insight; a gut feeling.physical body. It may be a gut feeling, or sense the
We all have experienced that 'inner' knowing orbody issues of someone either with you, or close to
awareness, a certainty that's outside logical thought-you. You may also sense spirit guides, deceased
perhaps as déjà vu, hunches, sixth sense, gutrelatives, angels.
feeling; predictive dreams; psychic messages; solutionsClairscentrist people sense through smell - tobacco,
to difficult problems. But it's often quite subtle, and wealcohol, a scent of candles, rosewater, etc (this is often
have to learn how to recognise and act on it.reported with thoughts of spirit presence).
Every one will have their own unique way intuitionClairgustant is psychically tasting a substance, liquid or
manifests. Some will 'just know' things - claircognizant -food without actually putting it in your mouth.
information just comes to you, with the sense that it'sOddly, although we all have a certain amount of these
important. You may know who's on the phone beforeso-called extra-sensory abilities, many adults in our
it rings.culture ignore them or even close them down, either
You may see things (clairvoyance) - either inside yourbecause they are scared, or because they couldn't
head, or in the outside world, seeing energies and / ordepend on their abilities - having been let down a
images. You may see a person, scene, colours, auras,couple of times, they then assumed it wasn't safe to
past lives, and visions of the past, present or future -trust them at all. Certainly you will not have been
they may be as if you're watching a film, or still photos.trained in the use of intuition at school. But ancient
Far-seeing comes under this category.humans probably used intuition to live by, sensing
You may be clairaudient, psychically hearing thoughts,where the animals were running and, possibly,
words, songs, or other sounds. These are usuallyconnecting with the animals themselves to check
inaudible to the normal hearing range, but can alsowhich beast to kill. Their cave art reflects the psychic
appear within your voice, sometimes as a voice verylink they felt with the natural world, and it could well be
different from your own.similar to how we work with in the tarot.