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3 Easy Ways to Recognize Your Intuition, by Melanie Barnum

(Article originally published in The Llewellyn Journal.)

Let's be real for a second. We don't always know that our intuition is being utilized every day. We don't always realize we use it occasionally. But I'm here to tell you that, whether you're aware or not, you're regularly directed by your intuition. It's your gut instinct, the feeling you have, the nudge, or even the images you see that are guiding you throughout your life.

That being said, it can be difficult to be aware every time your metaphysical senses are present. Our intuition can feel as simple as a light breeze, or it can be as loud as someone yelling in your ear. In other words, it can show up in so many ways it becomes part of your regular day, without you even realizing it. Though it's not always necessary to identify that you're using your extra sensory perception (ESP), when you acknowledge your intuition, it tends to show up for you more often.

Look, I'm going to tell it to you straight—life is so much better and more fulfilling when you use your intuition. Whether you pay attention to your gut instinct, follow a hunch, or even have a tingly sensation that alerts you to something, it's all intuition. Calling it by a different name doesn't make it any less. And thank goodness! Learning how you perceive your gifts can help you recognize them more often.

The How
The most common perceptions, or the way we receive impressions, are known as the "clairs," clair from the French word meaning "clear." These are coupled with the metaphysical version of our physical senses. Clairvoyance (psychic vision), clairaudience (hearing), clairsentience (feeling), claircognizance (knowing), and I usually put these two together, but they are different—clairgustance (taste), and clairalience (smell). We've all experienced at least one of these, regardless of whether or not we realized it.

I am often asked how to determine which gifts someone may have a propensity towards, and I tell them, "What feels right to you? What do you feel more connected with?" If they still don't feel a distinctive inclination towards one or another, I tell them to pay attention to the words they tend to use more often. For example, when talking to someone, would you be more apt to say:

• I hear what you're saying!
• I feel you!
• I see what you mean!
• I know!
• This situation just stinks!
• This is leaving a bad taste in my mouth!

By simply paying attention to how you're speaking, it helps you realize your intuition is working! You can discover what strengths you may naturally have.

Recognizing Intuitive Moments
Your intuition is there to help you. It is a valuable part of your life because it continually tries to guide you towards your joy or keep you out of trouble. When we are moving through our day, it can be difficult to separate your intuition from everything else, so here are 3 ways to recognize those moments. And, again, when you begin recognizing that these are intuitive moments, and acknowledging that you are indeed, a naturally intuitive being, you will begin having more of these powerful ESP moments.

Here are three ways to recognize when your intuition is working.

1. Having a physical reaction in your body to someone or something.
When you meet someone for the first time, especially if you shake their hand, you instinctively pick up on their energy. This can cause a physical reaction. It might pull you closer towards them, their energy drawing you in. Alternatively, their energy can make you feel overwhelmed or even repel you.

When this occurs, it's because your energy fields are connecting and you are intuitively receiving information from them and from their aura. An aura is the energy field that surrounds all living things. It is usually about one to two inches away from the body, but can and does expand and retract.

When you meet someone, you generally will expand your aura towards them to kind of feel them out, intuitively. If they make you uncomfortable, your gut instinct will be to pull back, physically but also metaphysically. On the other hand, if they give you the warm and fuzzies, you will naturally expand your energy towards them.

This energetic reaction happens instantly, often unconsciously, and is a result of your intuitive vibes in action.

*Practice*
Whether you know someone or not, you can see how your energy instinctively reacts. Practicing feeling the energy of people with whom you're familiar will help you recognize how you feel around people you don't know.

Friends, hopefully, will expand your energy and you'll feel comfy and contented vibes. They make you happy. On the other hand, people you don't like can make you feel off. You might even feel confused or disoriented when thinking about them or when in their presence. Frustration, anger, or irritation also changes your body's reaction to someone you dislike. Pay attention to what your body is telling you!

2. Receiving symbolic information in your mind.
Let me introduce you to your intuitive mind! This is the place where you may hear or see things internally. These images or sounds can be sent from your deceased loved ones or your spirit guides in order to keep you safe and on your path, or they can materialize in your mind in answer to a question you may be thinking about or even asking aloud.

For example, if you're headed to look at a home to purchase that you've never seen before, and you see an image of a sparkly, shiny house in your mind's eye, it can be your clairvoyance showing you that the home you are on your way to visit is going to be a good option for you. Conversely, if you have a flash of a home in disrepair or actually falling down, this is probably that same psychic sight telling you that you will most definitely be disappointed by it (unless you’re planning to do a major renovation!). The imagery you see might not look like the actual house—more likely will just be the representation of a house. That's what makes it symbolic. Pay attention to what you see!

Hearing a symbolic message in your mind can also be random or can be sent in answer to something. For instance, maybe you're thinking about whether to stop at a fast-food restaurant on your way home to pick up dinner. It might be a bad idea if you hear a random toilet flushing! Or maybe instead you hear the jingle of a local grocery store, which can indicate that picking up some healthier groceries to cook dinner might be a better choice in the long run.

Now, these may seem insignificant and extremely simple examples. As you begin paying attention to the information you see or hear in your mind, you will be able to recognize more easily your intuitive guidance from your third eye and your psychic ears.

*Practice*
You don't have to wait to receive random guidance. You can practice by asking for it, instead. Let's say you are trying to decide what college to go to, or to help your child decide what college they should attend. Ask to intuitively hear or see a response and wait. You might get an answer immediately, or it may take a while. When the answer "shows up," it might be in the form of the school logo flashing in your mind's eye. Or, it could be the sound of boat horns blasting if you are looking at a school on the coast. You might just see colors that will relate to a specific college. You may even taste or smell food if you're debating between a culinary school or a liberal arts college. The sky is the limit for the information that may come through, but be open to any version that directs you intuitively.

3. Having intuitive connections to others.
It might be cliché, but it's cliché for a reason. Do you believe it's random when you are about to call or text someone and as you pick up your phone you see they are already reaching out to you? I don't. What I do believe is that we are connected to people we are friends with, or family members. We also can be connected to others, like doctors or neighbors.

This means that we can link to them intuitively. And further, we can retrieve or receive infinite amounts of information from them. It is within this boundless society that our intuitive relationships thrive, allowing us to know when someone is reaching out to us.

Take a mother's intuition, for example. This is when a mother knows something is happening with a child who is not near them or not present. It might be a moment of panic when a mom suddenly knows something's wrong so she rushes to her child's job, to discover they've just passed out. That is a connection that is highly charged because the mother and child are so close.

*Practice*
We are all connected. Think of the energy of the universe like a huge, endless bubble. It can be glittery and sparkly, or just clear. Whatever you want it to be. And now, see yourself and your family and your friends inside this bubble, where there's air and life. Now, imagine this bubble surrounds the entire earth, pushing out, again, to encompass the entire universe. And of course then, you'll see your house and your neighbor's house, and so on and so on.

So, what next? Send an intuitive message out with your mind. Tell your husband (or someone close to you) to reach out to you, call you. Allow at least 15 minutes for a response, and if it doesn't happen by then, try it again. This time, though, show him an image by visualizing it in your mind's eye and sending it to him. It can be dinner that's being prepared or a movie you want to watch or something else entirely. Really focus on the image and focus on sending it to him. You might have to try this a few times for it to work.

Learning to manipulate (in a positive way) energetic connections helps you to create stronger links or bonds among your family and friends, and possibly more importantly, allows you to receive those intuitive calls from them!

You've just discovered three different ways to recognize when you are using your intuition. Remember, there's no limit to how intuitive you can become. These gifts, these abilities that may have once seemed otherworldly, may now seem attainable to you. Possibly you've noticed that some of the examples I've given you have already happened, and you just hadn't realized it was your intuition talking to you. Now that you know how to decipher these messages, it's up to you how far you take it. Above all, enjoy these gifts! They are part of your birthright, and they are accessible right now!

Article originally published in The Llewellyn Journal. Copyright Llewellyn Worldwide, 2024. All rights reserved.

I am living a life that seems to be filled with bad luck and bad experiences daily. I was born on June 1, 1975. I often have bad dreams only to have the events of the following day reveal some connection to the dream. I now have a fiancé who seems to love me with a passion, but I do mean and ugly things to him. I can't help it. I feel hurt, slighted or jealous and I just lose it. I don't know what to do. I need help; I feel out of control. I hope you have some spiritual advice for me.

Vonetta

Astrea:

The positions of the planets in each person's chart determine to a large degree how that individual will handle their life experiences. Not everyone born in June shares your issues and challenges, but they do seem to be a running theme with many Air Signs.

As much as I hate to generalize about Astrology, this is a problem I often see with Gemini women: they have the most difficult time accepting love! Often this is the result of things that happened to them in the past, such as how their relationships with their parents unfolded.

Geminis often feel that they are not being paid enough attention and respect. They feel as you often do - slighted or ignored. Other people can't possibly be considerate enough for you to let down the protective shield you have around you that covers your deeper, truer emotions. You find it unnerving to trust that your fiancÈ loves you for yourself and not for the mask you wear to cover up your feelings.

The reason you fly off the handle at your fiancÈ is because you feel in some way inadequate in that relationship. When we feel our relationship is vulnerable, we often start arguments and fights. It's simply easier to fight than to face the terrible feeling that somehow we don't measure up to the person we love most.

Disagreeing is EASY; talking about what is truly bothering you is HARD and would open you up in a way you don't feel ready for right now. Maybe you're just not ready, or maybe he's the wrong person for you. Whatever the reason, you are now wisely looking at how your actions are affecting this relationship.

I know you don't really want him to leave you, but I also know that sometimes you think, If he leaves me, well, that's his loss! That's not wholly true, of course, for if he leaves you, that will be your loss too!

As far as your dreams are concerned, you have some psychic ability to see things before they happen, and you can use that ability to alter the unpleasant things you see in your dreams. Just ask to be led to ways to influence things. When that's not possible, then ask for these dreams to be taken away.

Your fiancÈ doesn't understand why you do mean and ugly things to him, or that it's only because you don't feel worthy of true love. You ARE worthy. Find some way to give yourself credit for the wonderful person you are. Also, find a way to tell him that you often look for something to argue about instead of facing your difficult feelings and issues.

Let him in on this or he will think you don't love him. He wants to help you find happiness - let him!

*****

Susyn:

First, it's important to never underestimate the power of your thoughts. If you are resigned to the idea that you'll have bad luck and awful experiences every day, you're setting yourself up for more of the same.

It can be difficult to release a mind set, which can keep us stuck repeating the same patterns over and over with different people. For example, you have a fiancÈ who loves you, but you continue to find yourself treating him badly. This may simply be a reaction you developed in a past relationship, but if you continue it, you will have the same outcome, which will lead to more and more of the same.

Your dreams may also contain insights as to why you feel out of control, as they seem to validate your belief that bad things are going to happen. Dreams often express our unspoken and unrealized fears, and yours seem to reflect some of your worries about how you can't seem to get a break.

I recommend that you purchase a ring, necklace or bracelet with a lapis lazuli stone in it. This stone is known for its protective qualities, and can help center your thoughts when they seem to veer out of control. Wear it at all times. Also, place a turquoise stone under your pillow; this will eliminate the bad dreams you've been having while also surrounding you with extra protection.

You can also freeze the bad luck you seem to have with a simple ritual. Gather together a white candle, a piece of brown paper torn off of a grocery or lunch bag, some salt and a sandwich-size Zip-loc baggie. Light the candle.

On the piece of paper, write, I implore the Universe to freeze all negative thoughts, fears and events from happening to me. From this point forward, only good things will come my way. Then sign and date it, fold it in half, and place it in the baggie.

Sprinkle some salt onto it and then fill the bag two-thirds full of water. Seal it and place it in your freezer. Within 24 hours, you should feel the dark cloud of bad luck that surrounds you begin to lift.

I also suggest you begin a journal or diary in which to document these events, especially the times when you are drawn to mistreat your boyfriend. Consider incidents in the past and see if you can recognize a pattern. Once you become conscious that these feelings are coming from an event with another boyfriend or some other former relationship, you'll be able to stop them.

You don't have to resign yourself to the idea that you have bad luck. By taking the above actions, you can empower yourself to create positive change and consciously manifest what you want in your life.

Astrea:

Many times in life we hear, "You will always have what you NEED, but not necessarily what you WANT." Your spirit must have needed to experience the feeling of leaving your human body, and the suggestion in the next chapter of Sylvia Brown's book was all it took to get you there.

Even though you hadn't read it yet, your SOUL recognized the title of that chapter as something it had been seeking, and your soul, knowing that you had that reference to read after your experience, got with it and out you went!

While I don't usually recommend her books, Sylvia Brown has a wide reaching and powerful effect on lots of people. A Gemini like you would be able to relate easily to her writing and put it to good use. Synchronicity - you gotta love it!

I like your description of "getting caught." That's exactly what it feels like, isn't it? One minute you're free and hovering above the room, and the next minute, ZAP! back down into your corporeal form you go!

As a little kid, I loved that "feeling of return." With practice, most of the time we can control that event, but sometimes, when our physical ears hear a distracting noise or something else occurs to knock us back into reality, back we go. With practice you will be able to control your return better.

I find it interesting that you were visiting your mother-in-law and not someone in your own genetic family. Evidently, you and your husband got married for reasons that are even deeper than love. His family's interest in "psychic stuff" will nurture your children in such matters and help them to grow into their own abilities.

You'll never have to be concerned that when your daughter visits them, she'll be discouraged from exploring her own psychic life and power. My parents encouraged me to develop my psychic senses in a time when it wasn't nice to even discuss such things in public. Heck, it's STILL not considered a great topic at the dinner table in some families!

Your kids will get to talk about it ALL and ask questions and read and study. This is going to give them such an edge in life! Talk with your husband about how you want to present this to your kiddos, so that you are united in your approach and ready to tell them their experiences are all natural and okay.

A word or two of warning: Geminis often have difficulty staying grounded in REAL LIFE. Don't get so strung out on your ASTRAL life that you neglect what you're doing here on Earth.

You are at the beginning of a long journey to learn where your power really lies. Try to be patient with this process and take your time.