Ever walked into a room and just felt something was off? Or had a sudden knowing about a situation without any logical explanation? You might be tapping into one of your psychic senses, what practitioners call the “clairs.”

If you’re exploring intuitive readings, understanding the different clairs can help you find the right practitioner and reading style that resonates with your own energy. Let’s break down what each of these gifts means and how they show up in both everyday life and spiritual practice.

🔮 What Are the Clairs?

The clairs are essentially psychic senses that extend beyond your typical five physical senses. Think of them as extra channels of perception that allow you to receive information from beyond what you can see, hear, touch, taste, or smell in the physical world.

Most people have at least one clair sense that’s naturally stronger than the others. You might be more visual, while your best mate picks up on feelings and energy. There’s no “better” or “worse” clair, they’re just different ways of receiving intuitive information.

Understanding which clair you naturally lean towards can help you choose an intuitive reading style that speaks your language.

👁️ Clairvoyance: Clear Seeing

Clairvoyance is probably the most well-known of the clairs. It’s the ability to “see” information through your mind’s eye, like watching a movie on an internal screen.

Clairvoyants might see:

• Visual symbols or images during meditation
• Colours or auras around people
• Mental pictures that provide information about past, present, or future situations
• Flashes of scenes or scenarios that play out internally

You don’t need to be a professional psychic to experience clairvoyance. Ever daydreamed so vividly it felt real? Or “seen” exactly how a situation would play out before it happened? That’s clairvoyance at work.

If you’re naturally visual, someone who remembers faces better than names, thinks in pictures, or loves visual art, you might resonate with clairvoyant practitioners during an intuitive reading.

👂 Clairaudience: Clear Hearing

Clairaudience is the ability to hear messages, sounds, or voices that aren’t physically present. Before you worry, no, it’s not what you’re thinking. These aren’t hallucinations.

Clairaudient experiences often feel like:

• Hearing your name called when no one’s there
• A song that gets stuck in your head with a meaningful message
• Internal guidance that sounds different from your own inner voice
• Words or phrases that pop into your mind with clarity and knowing

Many clairaudient people describe it as hearing thoughts that aren’t their own, distinct from their usual mental chatter. The information comes through the “inner ear” and often carries wisdom or guidance.

If you’re someone who learns best by listening, loves podcasts and music, or tends to “hear” your thoughts clearly, you might connect well with clairaudient readers.

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💖 Clairsentience: Clear Feeling

Clairsentience is all about feeling and sensing energy. If you’ve ever been called “too sensitive” or tend to pick up on other people’s moods instantly, you’re likely clairsentient.

This clair manifests as:

• Strong gut feelings or intuitive hunches
• Physical sensations in your body that aren’t medically explainable
• Absorbing the emotions of people around you
• Sensing the energy or “vibe” of a room, place, or object
• Feeling drawn to or repelled by certain people or situations without knowing why

Clairsentient people are often empaths who feel deeply and pick up on subtle shifts in energy. You might walk into a space and immediately know if something significant happened there, or meet someone and sense their emotional state before they say a word.

During an intuitive reading, clairsentient practitioners tune into the emotional and energetic signatures of situations. They might physically feel what you’re experiencing or sense the energy around a decision you’re facing.

🧠 Claircognizance: Clear Knowing

Claircognizance is perhaps the most subtle of the main clairs, and often the most doubted. It’s the gift of simply knowing something without any logical reason or evidence.

Claircognizant experiences include:

• Sudden downloads of information that feel completely certain
• Knowing who’s calling before you check your phone
• Understanding complex situations without being told the details
• Random facts or insights popping into your mind that prove accurate
• Instant knowing about whether something is right or wrong for you

People with strong claircognizance often describe it as information that just “drops in” fully formed. There’s no seeing, hearing, or feeling, just immediate, unshakeable knowing.

If you’re analytical and logical by nature, claircognizance might be your dominant clair. These practitioners often deliver straightforward, clear insights without the flowery language, perfect if you prefer direct guidance.

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🌿 The Lesser-Known Clairs

Beyond the main four, there are several other clair senses worth knowing about:

Clairalience (Clear Smelling): Perceiving scents that aren’t physically present. You might smell your grandmother’s perfume when thinking of her, or detect phantom roses during meditation.

Clairgustance (Clear Tasting): Tasting flavours without eating or drinking anything. Some people experience this when connecting with loved ones who’ve passed or during energy work.

Clairtangency (Clear Touching): Also called psychometry, receiving information by touching objects or holding someone’s belongings. Practitioners with this gift can sense the history or energy of items.

Clairkinesthesia (Clear Physical Feeling): Experiencing physical sensations or movements that mirror someone else’s experiences or indicate spiritual presence.

🎯 How to Identify Your Dominant Clair

Most of us have one or two clairs that come more naturally than others. Here’s a quick way to identify yours:

Ask yourself:

• When you remember a holiday, do you see images (clairvoyance), remember conversations (clairaudience), recall how you felt (clairsentience), or just know what happened (claircognizance)?
• When making decisions, do you visualize outcomes, hear inner guidance, feel it in your gut, or just know what’s right?
• How do you process information best, through watching (visual), listening (auditory), doing and feeling (kinesthetic), or understanding concepts (cognitive)?

Your answers will point toward your natural intuitive language. And here’s the thing, you can strengthen all your clairs with practice, but knowing your dominant sense helps you trust your intuition more readily.

🔍 Why This Matters for Intuitive Readings

Understanding the clairs isn’t just interesting trivia, it can seriously improve your experience when booking an intuitive reading.

If you’re naturally clairsentient and book a session with a highly visual clairvoyant who describes what they’re “seeing,” you might struggle to connect with the reading. But if you find a clairsentient reader who speaks your language, describing energies and feelings, the session will likely resonate more deeply.

When browsing practitioners on Spiritual Maps, look for descriptions of how they work. Do they mention receiving visions? Hearing messages? Feeling energy? Knowing information intuitively? This gives you clues about their dominant clairs.

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💫 Finding the Right Practitioner for You

The beauty of understanding the clairs is that it takes the guesswork out of finding your ideal intuitive reader.

Here’s what to consider:

If you’re visual and love imagery, seek out clairvoyant readers who can describe what they see and help you understand symbolic messages.

If you process information through sound and language, clairaudient practitioners who channel verbal messages might resonate better.

If you’re empathic and feeling-oriented, clairsentient readers who pick up on emotional energy and body sensations will speak your language.

If you’re analytical and prefer direct knowing, claircognizant practitioners who deliver straight information might suit you best.

Remember, many practitioners work with multiple clairs, but most have one or two that are strongest. Check their profiles and reviews to get a sense of their style.

🌟 Your Clairs Are Already Active

Here’s something worth knowing: you’re already using your clairs, whether you realize it or not. That gut feeling that stopped you from taking a certain job? Clairsentience. The dream that felt prophetic? Clairvoyance. The inner voice that guided you through a tough decision? Clairaudience or claircognizance.

An intuitive reading with someone who shares or understands your dominant clair can help validate and strengthen your own abilities. It’s not about the practitioner having all the answers, it’s about them helping you access your own intuitive wisdom more clearly.

🙏 Ready to Explore Your Intuitive Side?

Whether you’re naturally clairvoyant, clairaudient, clairsentient, claircognizant, or a beautiful mix of several, there’s an intuitive reading style that will resonate with you.

The key is finding practitioners who work in a way that matches your natural perception style. When the language aligns, the insights land deeper and feel more actionable.

Browse verified intuitive readers, energy healers, and spiritual practitioners on Spiritual Maps to find someone whose approach speaks to you. Filter by modality, read reviews, and trust your gut (hello, clairsentience!) about who feels right.

Your intuition is already guiding you. Sometimes you just need the right person to help you hear it more clearly.