Signs of an intuitive person vary but they have similar patterns.

If you’re an intuitive person, you may be thinking that you’re different than other people. We all have intuition but you may be more in touch with yours.

When your intuition opens up, you may feel conflicted. It’s a blend of confusion along with knowing you were intuitive all along. I can relate. I felt insane when my intuition opened up ten years ago.

My family and friends didn’t understand, and I felt alone.

We’re going to talk about the feelings associated with your intuition, as well as the signs to watch out for. 

This post will help you understand the signs of an intuitive person.

What are intuitive empaths?

Intuitive empaths are human beings who have a deep connection with themselves. These intuitive individuals have an innate ability to hear their inner voice on a deeper level.

Being an emotional empath isn’t a personality type. It isn’t an intuitive personality that makes you an empath.

Your personality is a combination of your characteristics and behavior. These include how you adjust to life, major traits, interests, drives, and values.

They include how you see yourself, your abilities and emotional patterns.

What are intuitive abilities?

I see intuition as an innate gift that we all have. 

Intuitive people have a natural ability to trust their gut instinct. If trusting your gut isn’t natural to you, you’re more tuned to your heart.

An intuitive feeling isn’t always obvious. You need to be able to discern between your ego and your intuition. 

Sometimes intuitive feelings are subtle. For example, you may feel drawn to move in a certain direction. Even if you don’t know why, it’s important to trust your heart.  

Intuitive abilities are like muscles. You can strengthen them over time with practice. Like any muscle, your ability to use your intuition will atrophy when it isn’t used.

Using logic alone can create unnecessary turmoil in your life. Rather than relying on logic, practice trusting and acting on your feelings.

30 signs you’re highly intuitive

Gut Feeling

​To feel your gut, you need to be in the present moment. It’s difficult to feel it when you’re living in your mind, which lives in its past experiences.

To tap into the power of your gut feeling, focus on what’s right in front of you at the time. For example, if someone invites you out to dinner and your gut says no or not today, trust that. 

Gut feelings are either an excitable YES or a resistant NO. You don’t need to know why. You can trust this without knowing, if you choose to.

Vivid Dreams

Vivid dreams are a sure sign you’re intuitive. If you have entire movie scripts going on in your dreams, pay attention! 

​The soul doesn’t stay in the body overnight, it travels. During dream time, your subconscious mind is processing or your soul is traveling.

Either way, you’re healing.

Write down your dreams right when you wake up in great detail. When you wake up, look for patterns to tell you more about what is happening.

Intuitive Thinking

A strong sense of intuition isn’t related to the mind. I see intuitive thinking as using your intuition to work with the mind.

​Intuition is a creative problem solver. You can use your mind to focus on what you want to create, rather than what you’re lacking.

This is intuitive thinking because you’re looking for the solution instead of focusing on the problem.

The reason this is intuitive is because problems don’t exist without solutions.

If you’re experiencing a problem, and you don’t see a solution, it’s because you’re not looking for it.

Subconscious Mind

Your subconscious mind runs on auto-pilot. We have over 60,000 thoughts per day, so it’s impossible to pay attention to all them.

Yet, thoughts are repeating that you can’t seem to shake. These are the ones you want to pay attention to! 

The ones that have your attention are communicating a message to you. It’s important to isolate the pattern the thoughts.

This is what will tell you how your subconscious mind is creating your reality.

Negative Energy

If you feel heavy or off after interacting with certain people, you are picking up on negative energy.

Negative energy is a lower vibrational energy. If it clashes with your energy, you won’t feel like yourself.

Picking up on it means you’re more in touch with your feelings. You may even take on others’ feelings. 

If that’s happening, establishing boundaries is important. You can clear negative energy by smudging your environment and yourself.

Deep Thinker

​Deep thinking is contemplating complex information over long periods. If you do this, it means you want to understand situations or people on a deeper level.

Many intuitive insights come from this type of introspection.

In Tune With Inner Wisdom

Being in tune with your inner wisdom means you’re in touch with your higher self. It also means you are conscious of your own thoughts.

Inner wisdom is using past and present information to create meaning. Then turning that meaning into wisdom.

It’s the ability to learn from your past and present. This is where you experience peace of mind.

Ability to feel other people’s emotions

The ability to feel other people’s emotions is a special gift. It means you’re an empath.

Be sure to create energetic and emotional boundaries. It’s important to discern from your own feelings and other people’s.

If you can’t, you’ll feel overwhelmed. This leads to resentment of the other person and burnout.

Pattern Recognition

I spent years of my life trying to figure things out before I realized this is an intuitive gift. The ability to see patterns where a lot of people don’t is so powerful.

This is not only patterns in everyday life, but how the patterns weave into your spiritual journey as well.

Sixth Sense

The sixth sense is the ability to sense information beyond the veil.

This goes far beyond analytical reasoning. It’s the ability to use intuitive gifts like clairvoyance. 

If you have any of these gifts, you can practice to strengthen them.

Strong Intuition

Strong intuition is all about understanding your gifts and using them. This is about leaning into trust.

Trusting your choices, and your feelings, and acting on them.

Intuition has to do with free will. It’s about using your free will which is one of your gifts.

Sensing Subtle Changes

You’re intuitive if you can sense something is off. This might be the energy changing when you walk into a room.

Or sensing that someone doesn’t like you. I see this one a lot in my own life. I can tell when someone is lying.

This ability can cause stress in relationships. It’s better to learn to hone this gift, and use it intentionally.

​Even though I know when people are lying, I don’t share it with them. I use the information and act accordingly.

Red Flags

You’re an intuitive person if you see red flags and don’t ignore them. I call it collecting information.

Intuitive people should wait for more information before making a difficult decision.

It’s unwise to only trust your intuition when it comes to cutting someone out of your life.

​Wait to have concrete information. If you give anyone enough time, they’ll show you the truth.

Flowing Intuitive Guidance

​If you know when you get intuitive guidance and you act on it, you’re intuitive.

That little voice inside is talking to you all the time. When you listen to and act on it, life flows in an easy direction.

It doesn’t mean challenging situations don’t come up. It means you feel capable and prepared when they do! 

Intuitive Decision-making Process

​Intuition is a powerful tool, but it isn’t the only tool. You’ll want to balance your logic and intuition for a holistic perspective.

When you do, you’ll find that there is little self-doubt.

You’ll have a deep level of intuitive feeling that guides your decisions.

Natural Curiosity

This harkens to the pattern recognition.

There’s a deep sense of wanting to understand people that drives intuitive people. This is curiosity over judgment.

This is especially true for emotional empaths. You’ll want to understand all sides before forming a firm opinion. 

Creative Thinking

​Your intuition is creative because you are part of the creator. The creator creates so you have the ability to create as well.

This comes back to being open. It’s about looking for solutions and taking a chance.

Discerning Right Choice

Right choice is a combination of right timing and alignment. Believe it or not, there may be many right choices.

Yet, there will be a right choice that’s right for you now. That’s the one you want.

​Not all intuitive people can discern this right off the cuff. But, if you practice at strengthening your intuition, this muscle builds.

Conscious Awareness

Conscious awareness is when you’re aware of why you’re making your choices.

This may seem obvious like everyone can do it, but most people can’t. With this ability, you’ll make a choice and be aware of your intention, even if it’s the wrong choice. 

I often say, “I know this is wrong for me but I’m doing it anyway.”

It’s acknowledging that you know it’s not the best option but it’s the choice you’re making.

That is being aware of the choice your consciousness is making.

Energies of Others

Feeling other people’s energy is a wonderful gift, when you have boundaries.

It’s one thing to feel and another to take on.

Try to notice when you feel drained after hanging out with a family member or friend. You may need to re-evaluate the relationship.

This doesn’t mean you cut people out of your life.

It’s a time to reflect on what aspect of the relationship is impacting you and what you can do about it.

At some point, you can work on your vibration where no one drains your energy. Until then, put a time limit on your time with them.

Draw to Spirituality

One of the subtle cues of a higher calling is the draw to Spirituality. You don’t need to go into spirituality for work or change your whole life for it.

You may start out seeking some new ways to feel better, or deepen your connection with your intuition. 

This is usually one of the first signs that intuition is opening. At least it was for me!

Natural Intuitive Gifts

Have you noticed any patterns with what people ask you for help with? 

They may come to you for advice, or to have a shoulder to cry on. They may know you’ll tell them the truth.

Whatever it is, lean more into that. That’s your gift. It’s always what you think isn’t a big deal so you don’t think twice about it.

Not Feeling at Home Here

​I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard people say they don’t feel at home on this planet.

If that’s you, you’re not alone! You haven’t found your place, or your people yet, but they are out there.

Also, if you’re evolving and growing, your places and people will change.

Usually, during this time, you feel more alone because people are leaving but new ones aren’t here yet.

That’s part of the process and can be lonely.

I promise, if that’s what you’re going through, your people are super close.

Emotionally Difficult Childhood

If you’re intuitive, you may feel a little more disconnected from your childhood.

Intuition is innate when you’re born. Usually, empaths incarnate into families that don’t understand them.

This is in part to help you build resilience. It means you have to self-soothe and find a way to get through, usually on your own.

This can make you vulnerable to the emotions of others, especially if no one is advocating for you.

Ask Lots of Questions

If you’re intuitive, you’ll want to know where you stand.

This could be anxiety, especially if your childhood was rough. Or, you may be trying to understand your place.

Askng questions is a good thing. Let it lead you closer to yourself and what you need instead of it becoming a source of self-doubt.

Draw to Darkness

I’m two minds about this one. 

I’ve seen intuitive people prefer night, and they generally like to stay home and away from people. So they prefer night, but are adverse to going out at night.

​From a healing perspective, this has to do with a fear of your own shadow. Shadow work means diving into the darkest parts of yourself.

If you feel drawn to the dark, but you’re lowkey afraid of it, this one is for you.

Draw to Water

All my mermaids can relate to this one.

Intuitive people who want to live near the water, but not swim in it are likely from Atlantis. Yes, that is probably one of your core past lifetimes.

Me, too. I live 5 miles from the ocean, yet I never swim in it.

Water represents emotions so this is a fear of emotional depth. You may crave closeness, yet you avoid it at all costs.

Afraid of Spirits

Spirits are also known as ghosts! 

If you feel afraid of spirits, there’s a message there for you. There’s fear, yet you’re curious.

Sound familiar?

If so, I would wager you’re picking up on some energies that you can’t see. 

This is a great sign that you’re intuitive!

Genuine Desire to Help

If you feel called to help others with your natural gifts, this is your intuition talking.

Following your heart is as simple as doing what you want to do. You can’t go wrong and you can’t be off your path.

You will find your way in the action you take. No amount of thinking can get you there. 

How do I strengthen my intuition?

The good news is that if you resonated with at least ten of these, you are intuitive.

Working with someone who can help you clear away fear, and trauma. This is what stands between you and your intuition.

Everyone is intuitive. The goal is to remove what stands in the way of it.

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