The 5 Clairs Explained: Turn Your 'Sensitivity' Into Your Superpower

Each intuitive gift, your Clair, is connected to a specific chakra. When your energy is aligned, your intuition flows more clearly.

Ever felt something so deeply… but brushed it off as being “too sensitive”?
What if your sensitivity wasn’t a flaw, but your greatest spiritual gift? Many people experience flashes of insight, energetic shifts, or inner knowings, without realizing these are signs of intuitive ability.

In this post, we’ll explore the 5 psychic senses (the “Clairs”) -what they are, how they show up in daily life, and how to find your strongest intuitive gift.

Are You Psychic, or Just Sensitive?

Ever walked into a room and instantly felt overwhelmed, without anyone saying a word? Or suddenly thought of someone you haven’t heard from in years… just before they reach out?

You might brush it off as coincidence. Or think you’re just “too sensitive.”
But what if that sensitivity… is actually your intuition?

Most people have psychic abilities but don't realize it because they've never learned to develop their natural intuitive gifts.

What Are the Clairs?

In the intuitive world, we call these gifts the Clairs, a set of psychic senses that allow you to pick up on information beyond logic or the five senses.

These abilities aren't rare, you likely already use them without realizing it. Everyone has access to intuitive perception, once you learn how to tell if you're intuitive and begin to develop your natural gifts.

Your Intuitive Design

But here's the thing: we live in a world that prizes logic over intuition. As Einstein once said: "The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift."

Your intuitive senses aren’t accidental. They’re part of your design.

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🚫 The #1 Mistake That Blocks Your Intuitive Messages

Before we dive into the 5 Clairs, let's talk about the biggest mistake I see people make with their intuition: dismissing their first intuitive hit.

Here's what happens: You get that instant gut feeling, that flash of knowing, that immediate "yes" or "no" response. But then your logical mind kicks in.

"That can't be right." "I'm probably just imagining things." "I need more information before I decide."

So you talk yourself out of it. You rationalize. You second-guess. And later, sometimes much later, you realize your first instinct was spot on.

Your intuition speaks first. Your logical mind speaks second. The key is learning to trust that initial response before your brain has time to interfere.

The 5 Clairs I'm about to share work the same way. They deliver information quickly, quietly, and often without fanfare. The magic happens when you stop dismissing these messages and start paying attention.

🔍 The 5 Main “Clair” Senses (And How to Know Which One You Lead With)

✨ Want to know how your intuition speaks?
Take the 2-minute quiz to discover your dominant Clair, and learn how to strengthen it.
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This quiz is a great first step if you’ve ever wondered about your psychic abilities or wanted to explore the different types of intuitive gifts.

👁️ Clairvoyance-Clear Seeing

Clairvoyance is the ability to receive intuitive messages through visual images, either as quick flashes, symbols, or even scenes that play like you’re watching a movie in your mind’s eye.

This isn’t usually literal sight, it’s more like watching a mental movie through your third eye, or sixth Chakra. Which is located in the center of your head. 

You might be clairvoyant if:

• You get vivid flashes of people, symbols, or colors during meditation or prayer

• You’re a visual thinker who easily imagines things in detail

• You’ve seen glimpses of something before it happens (like seeing an image of an old friend pop into your head, and then they text you an hour later)

• You receive spiritual signs through imagery (like a repeating number, an animal, or vision of a loved one)

People with strong clairvoyance often become visual artists, designers, dreamers, and visionaries. They’re imaginative, often drawn to symbolism, and may receive signs in dreams or spontaneous visual “downloads.”

For example, I am very visual and was accepted to art school. As a child, I would see colors around people, their aura, but I didn’t know what it was. 

An out of balance sixth chakra can make someone have difficulty focusing or cause issues with the eyes and vision.

Do you see repeating numbers, symbols, or mental images that feel meaningful?
You might be clairvoyant, a visual intuitive who receives messages through images and signs.
➝ Read: Angel Numbers Explained
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But what if you don't see visions, what if you hear them instead?

🔊 Clairaudience-Clear Hearing

Clairaudience is the ability to receive intuitive messages through sound, but not necessarily with your physical ears. Most clairaudient impressions come through as words, phrases, tones, or music that you “hear” inside your mind, almost like an inner voice that’s not your own. It may sound like your own voice, but the words arrive unexpectedly, as if dropped in from somewhere else.

You might be clairaudient if:

• You often hear guidance as a phrase or sentence that drops into your awareness (like suddenly hearing "take the back road" right before hitting traffic on your usual route)

• You’re sensitive to sound, tone, or music, and can feel energy shift through it

• You’ve heard your name called (but no one was there)

• You receive messages in dreams that feel like they were spoken to you

Clairaudient people often have a strong inner dialogue and are excellent communicators, counselors, musicians, or writers. Many say their guidance comes through as song lyrics, intuitive “pings,” or specific words that repeat until they listen. This ability is located in the fifth chakra or Throat Chakra.

My daughter is very clairaudient but this also matches how she processes learning, in that she is very auditory. Even as a child she preferred to say her spelling words out loud rather than write them down. Which was fine when the words were short, but as they got longer, it got harder for me (a visual learner and more clairvoyant) to translate them in my mind from sound to a visual image, as quickly as she could say them. 

An out of balance fifth Chakra can result in hearing issues, sore throats or thyroid issues.  

Do you hear intuitive guidance as phrases, song lyrics, or an inner voice? You might be clairaudient, an auditory intuitive.
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"There is a voice that doesn’t use words. Listen." -Rumi

But maybe you don’t hear guidance—you feel it instead

🌊 Clairsentience-Clear Feeling

Clairsentience is one of the most common intuitive gifts, and often the most misunderstood. It’s the ability to pick up on energy through feeling. Emotions, physical sensations, or “vibes” you can’t explain often come through this channel.

Signs You're Clairsentient

You might be clairsentient if:

• You feel other people’s emotions deeply, even when they say they’re fine

• You get physical sensations in your body (like a heavy chest or nervous stomach) when something’s off. You walk into a coffee shop and suddenly feel anxious for no reason, then notice a couple arguing quietly in the corner

• You feel drained in crowds or emotionally overwhelmed without a clear reason

• You’ve felt a strong energetic “yes” or “no” before making a decision

The Empath's Superpower

Clairsentients are the empaths and energy sponges of the world, deeply compassionate and emotionally tuned-in.

With training, this gift can become your superpower… instead of something that exhausts you.

These people can be healers or bodyworkers, nurses, therapists, or hospice workers. They are the emotional anchors for their family. They often feel more of other people’s emotions than their own. 

This gift is located in the second Chakra, below the belly button.  Many intuitives’ start here. This is the most common clair. We’ve all felt it, knowing someone’s judging you (remember middle school?), or sensing a couple has been fighting, even if they’re smiling.

That gut reaction when you just don’t trust someone. Or knowing you will get a job offer, before your mind catches up  Clairsentience can be a beautiful gift, but without energetic boundaries, it can also be overwhelming and draining. 

When Clairsentience Gets Overwhelming

When your second chakra is out of balance, you might notice physical symptoms like digestive issues, hormonal imbalances, or chronic fatigue. Emotionally, you might experience anxiety, feeling overwhelmed by others' emotions, or difficulty setting boundaries.

Clairsentients are often the emotional healers of the world, the peacemakers, holding space for others even when they don’t realize it. This gift is not a flaw or weakness. It’s a superpower, rooted in the wisdom of the body.

Feel like you’re absorbing everything around you? You might be clairsentient, an emotional intuitive.
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Of course, not everyone receives intuitive information through feeling. Some people don't see visions or feel energy, they simply know things with absolute certainty.

💡 Claircognizance-Clear Knowing

Claircognizance is the intuitive ability to just know something without knowing how you know it. It’s like a sudden insight drops in fully formed, without logic, but with deep certainty.

You might be claircognizant if:

• You often have gut-level “knowings” that turn out to be right. You may know someone is pregnant, even before they do. Or you know the sex of the baby.

• You receive insights or ideas out of nowhere, like divine downloads

• You find it hard to explain why you know something… you just do. You may know someone is lying to you, but not know how you know.

• People often come to you for clarity, even when you haven’t studied the topic

This gift is common in leaders, teachers, entrepreneurs, and inventors. If you find yourself finishing people’s sentences, solving problems before they’re fully explained, or receiving big-picture insight seemingly out of thin air, this might be your dominant Clair. This gift often feels like guidance arriving all at once, before your brain even has time to analyze it. It’s instant, clear, and often undeniable.

This form of knowing feels different from regular thinking, it's like accessing wisdom you didn't know you had, as if the information was always there, waiting to be remembered.

This gift is in the seventh Chakra, or Crown Chakra, located at the top of the head. When this chakra is out of balance you might get headaches. 

Claircognizance gives you strong, instant insight, but trusting it isn’t always easy.
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✨ Clairalience & Clairgustance-Clear Smelling & Tasting

Though rarer, these intuitive senses are just as powerful. Clairalience (clear smelling) and clairgustance (clear tasting) allow people to receive messages through scent or taste, especially when those experiences come without a physical source.

You might be experiencing these if:

• You smell your grandmother’s perfume, or pipe smoke from a passed loved one, with no physical explanation

• You taste something metallic, sweet, or sour when energy shifts

• You associate certain spirits, places, or energetic presences with very specific sensory impressions

These intuitive senses often show up in mediumship or ancestral connection work. They’re especially meaningful for people who have a strong sense memory or work with healing modalities.

🧭 So… Which Clair Is Strongest For You?

Discovering Your Dominant Clair

Take a moment and reflect:

• Do you tend to see images or flashes? → Clairvoyance

• Hear phrases, lyrics, or messages in your mind? → Clairaudience

• Feel the energy of people, rooms, or emotions deeply? → Clairsentience

• Just know things with certainty, even without proof? → Claircognizance

• Experience spiritual scents or tastes that come out of nowhere? → Clairalience or Clairgustance

Everyone has access to all the Clairs, but most people lead with one or two that are naturally dominant. Understanding how to develop your intuition and work with your dominant Clair can help you build confidence, trust your inner voice, and reconnect with your natural psychic abilities. Your dominant Clair often mirrors how you naturally learn, process, or lead in the world.  When you understand your intuitive language, you can stop doubting your gifts… and start listening.

As you learn to be more sensitive you may continue to be dominant in primarily one area but will learn to sense all of them.

Developing All Your Clairs

Here's what's important to remember: while you likely have one dominant Clair, you're not limited to just one. Think of it like being right-handed, you still use your left hand, but your right hand is stronger and more natural.

As you develop your intuition, you'll notice the other Clairs becoming more active too. I'm primarily clairvoyant, but I also feel energy deeply and sometimes hear clear guidance. The key is starting with your natural strength and building from there.

For example, I am highly clairvoyant, and I will sometimes hear words or phrases or sentences in my head that are not my own thoughts. And just like you, I have moments where I simply know something about a person or situation without being told.  The most important part is to pay attention- and stop dismissing them.

Ready to Trust Your Gifts

Trust your gifts. Strengthen them. You were born with intuitive wisdom, now’s the time to start listening. These gifts are part of who you are, and these abilities are meant to guide and protect you. 

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✨ Want to explore this more deeply? Try journaling:

When was the last time I had a gut feeling, a vision, or an inner knowing… and it turned out to be right?

🌟 Your Soul Already Knows-Let’s Tune In Together

You were born intuitive. You don’t have to earn your gifts, you just need space to reconnect with them. If you’re ready to trust your inner voice, clear energetic blocks, and strengthen your Clairs, I’d love to support you.

🌟 Ready to Go Deeper?

Whether you’re just starting to tune in, or ready to trust your intuitive gifts fully, I offer several ways to support your journey:

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Want to Explore Your Intuitive Strengths Even More?

Here are some hand-picked next steps based on your dominant Clair:

🌊 Feeling everything? You might be clairsentient.
→ Explore my Energetic Boundaries session [here]
→ Coming soon: How to Stay Clear, Centered & Protected (Blog drops Nov, 2025)

👁️ Seeing flashes, symbols, or number patterns? You might be clairvoyant.
→ [Read: Angel Numbers Explained →]
→ [Explore: Signs & Synchronicity →]

🔊 Hear guidance, lyrics, or inner phrases? You might be clairaudient.
→ Join the Unlock Your Intuition Workshop (Feb 22, 2026 – Naples, FL)
→ [Learn more + reserve your spot →]

💡 Just know things out of nowhere?
→ Book a Private Session to explore your claircognizance and intuitive clarity [here]
→ [Read: Trust Your Inner Voice→]