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INTUITION
© Molly Barnum Kaehne
About the Author Melanie Barnum (Connecticut) is a psychic, medium, speaker, life coach, and hypnotist who has been practicing professionally for over three decades. She is a multiple-award-winning author whose books have been translated into several languages and has been featured in numerous print, broadcast, and online media bookings. Melanie’s friendly, down-to-earth manner and gifted psychic insight make her readings unique and powerful, providing invaluable advice and guidance related to relationships, family, career, and educational opportunities. She has facilitated her clients’ communication with their spiritual guides and deceased loved ones. In addition, she offers mentorship, guidance, and support for those interested in developing their intuitive abilities. For more, visit MelanieBarnum.com.
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Tangible Tools for Intuition Use Crystals, Pendulums, Tarot, and More to Develop Your Inner Guidance
Tangible Tools for Intuition: Use Crystals, Pendulums, Tarot, and More to Develop Your Inner Guidance Copyright © 2026 by Melanie Barnum. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever, including internet usage, without written permission from Llewellyn Worldwide Ltd., except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner for the purpose of training artificial intelligence technologies or systems. first edition First Printing, 2026 Cover design by Kevin R. Brown Pendulum board on page 160 by Llewellyn Art Department Tarot Original 1909 Deck © 2021 with art created by Pamela Colman Smith and Arthur Edward Waite. Used with permission of Lo Scarabeo. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Barnum, Melanie, author Title: Tangible tools for intuition : use crystals, pendulums, tarot, and more to develop your inner guidance / Melanie Barnum. Description: First edition. | Woodbury, Minnesota : Llewellyn, [2026] | Includes bibliographical references. | Summary: “Intuition is at the heart of psychic practice, but the call is often hard to hear. Physical tools can make listening to your intuition so much easier. This hands-on book demonstrates how divination tools such as symbols, pendulums, runes, charms, scrying, crystals, and cards can spark your intuition and hone your ability to hear your inner calling”—Provided by publisher. Identifiers: LCCN 2026036486 (print) | LCCN 2026036487 (ebook) | ISBN 9780738783291 trade paperback | ISBN 9780738784229 ebook Subjects: LCSH: Parapsychology | Crystals—Psychic aspects | Tarot | Divination Classification: LCC BF1031 .B2635 2026 (print) | LCC BF1031 (ebook) LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2026036486 LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2026036487 Llewellyn Worldwide Ltd. does not participate in, endorse, or have any authority or responsibility concerning private business transactions between our authors and the public. All mail addressed to the author is forwarded but the publisher cannot, unless specifically instructed by the author, give out an address or phone number. Any internet references contained in this work are current at publication time, but the publisher cannot guarantee that a specific location will continue to be maintained. Please refer to the publisher’s website for links to authors’ websites and other sources. Llewellyn Publications A Division of Llewellyn Worldwide Ltd. 2143 Wooddale Drive Woodbury, MN 55125-2989 www.llewellyn.com Printed in the United States of America GPSR Representation: UPI-2M PLUS d.o.o., Medulićeva 20, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia matt.parsons@upi2mbooks.hr
I would be remiss if I didn’t dedicate this book to my family yet again. Without their love and support, I’d never be able to finish any of my books. They hype me up and keep me going! To my husband Tom, my incredible daughters Molly and Samantha, my sister Tammy, my brother Adam, and all the other family members and friends turned family: Thanks to all of you for putting up with my crazy writing schedule. Finally, this book is dedicated to everyone out there who explores their gifts without fear and proudly shares their often newly discovered intuition, helping open others to their abilities and pulling the veil back just a bit more. And please, if you see someone who needs a nudge on their own intuitive journey or who may be nervous about discovering their natural gifts, share this book or any book on intuitive development to assist them in feeling safe and comfortable with their innate talents.
The practices and techniques described in this book should not be used as an alternative to professional medical treatment. This book does not attempt to give medical diagnoses, treatments, prescriptions, or suggestions for medication in relation to any human disease, pain, injury, deformity, or physical or mental condition. The author and publisher of this book are not responsible in any manner whatsoever for any injury that may occur through following the examples contained herein. It is recommended that you consult your physician to obtain a diagnosis for any physical or mental symptoms you may experience. While the author intends for you to enjoy the stories contained within and learn how to use your own intuition, this book makes no guarantee that you will increase your intuitive abilities by following the recommended practices. The stories shared in this book are based on real-life events and readings. Many of the names and some of the circumstances have been changed to preserve privacy.
CONTENTS
List of Exercises . . . xii Foreword by Cyndi Dale . . . xv Introduction . . . 1
One: Explaining Intuition • 11 Two: Using Psychic Symbols • 35 Three: Tarot Cards • 67 Four: Oracle, Lenormand, and Kipper Cards • 93 Five: Chakras, Auras, and Crystals • 127 Six: Pendulums • 155 Seven: Runes • 167 Eight: Charms • 183 Nine: Scrying • 191 Ten: Psychometry and Automatic Writing • 211 Conclusion . . . 227 Acknowledgments . . . 231 Recommended Reading . . . 232 Bibliography . . . 235
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Meditation for Safety and Protection • 13 Imagination Experiment • 17 Clairvoyance • 19 Clairaudience • 22 Clairsentience • 25 Claircognizance • 29 Clairgustance and Clairalience • 31 Clairvoyant Symbols • 40 Clairaudient Symbols • 47 Clairsentient Symbols • 53 Claircognizant Symbols • 58 Clairgustant and Clairalient Symbols • 63 Major Arcana One-Card Reading • 77 Tarot Card Reading • 89 Oracle Card Reading • 98
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Grand Tableau • 110 Kipper Counting Cards • 118 Master Card Kipper Reading • 122 Chakra Balancing • 134 Crystal Reading • 142 Crown Chakra and Clear Quartz • 150 Working with a Pendulum • 159 Rune Casting • 177 Charm Casting • 187 Mirror Scrying • 196 Water Scrying • 201 Crystal Ball Reading • 207 Psychometry • 215 Claircognizant Automatic Writing • 219 Automatic Writing • 221 xiii
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Intuition is a strange and wonderful phenomenon, yet we’re often uncertain if we’re playing make-believe or are really tuned in. That’s because, as Melanie explains in this one-of-a-kind guidebook, intuition lies in the gap between the unknown and the known. It’s easy to get confused. Within the unknown is all the good stuff: your soul’s purpose and passions, brilliance and talents. The known? That’s the everyday—this lovely world that enables us to manifest our dreams. Intuition links these two. It becomes ever so much more effective, however, after you’ve built a bridge between the invisible and the visible. The best way to construct that bridge? Tangible Tools for Intuition. Melanie has jam-packed this unique sourcebook with everything you need to know about intuition. Equally important, within these pages she explains and explores all the tools—like crystals, cards, runes, meditations, and more—needed to forge the strongest possible connection between the unknown and the known, your soul and your xv
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concrete reality. After all, you wouldn’t build a real bridge without nails, hammers, and planks, would you? Having collected and been shown how to use a plethora of fantastic and fun tools, think of how accelerated your intuitive development and your ability to gain the fruits of it will be. As for me, I was one of those unusual children who was quite intuitive as a child. I could see the spirits of the deceased. I held tea parties with angels. I saw colors around people and learned to gauge my behavior based on the clarity of the hues. If my mother was bright red, I was about to get in trouble and would make myself scarce. If my father was a muddy yellow, he would have had a bad day at work. I would smile more. Some of these insights set me up to be fairly codependent, but we all leave our youth with something to deal with later. Back then, though, intuition was simple. I received intuition data, and I trusted it. Then I entered the world, which is loud. It pulls and stretches us out of shape. I started to doubt my inner psychism. I stopped following my intuition. It took me years to reactivate these abilities and restore my faith in them. My growth path was exciting. The road included learning from shamans in a variety of countries and studying spirituality and science. It was also hard. Luckily, the labor paid off. I am now an energy healer and author of forty books about energy, the basis of intuition. What I would have given decades ago for Melanie’s book. That’s one of the reasons I can’t recommend it enough. No matter where you are in the odyssey of honing your intuitive xvi
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aptitudes, Melanie’s manuscript is a must go-to for further acceleration. The first stage of the journey includes the excavation of every single style of intuition. There are many. The brilliant palette includes clairvoyance, or the clear seeing of images in your mind’s eye, and clairaudience, the ability to hear inspirational messages. How about gaining information through feeling, knowing, tasting, and smelling? Melanie presents each facet of the psychic wheel with hands-on practices that will boost your powers and mature your self-confidence. Next, Melanie outlines an extensive mystical tool kit. These are the instruments for continuing to forge the link between the otherworldly and the worldly, and many of the tools are historical, if not ancient, in origin. Crystals, runes, or scrying, anyone? How about pendulums or an array of card decks? These cornerstones will assist you in comprehending, honing, and interpreting your intuitive insights. This is true if your aim is receiving spiritual guidance, connecting with the deceased, performing healing, or upping your manifesting powers. Truly, it doesn’t matter your level of intuitive access when embarking on this odyssey. You are intuitive, and Melanie’s guidebook contains the all-essential explanations and exercises needed to even more fully materialize your intuition—and forge your dream life.
Cyndi Dale
author of The Complete Book of Chakra Healing
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INTRODUCTION
Life is complicated. Using our intuition doesn’t have to be. Whether you feel you have a natural insightful sense or not, the good news is there are tools we can utilize to help us access our extrasensory perception (ESP). Is it cheating? If we are using what some people refer to as props to help us, does that mean it’s not real or that it’s fake or that we are making things fit? The only way to understand these questions, as well as discover the answers for yourself, is to tune in to your own metaphysical senses. Possibly you’ve never done this before, and you might not remember any specific stories of having accessed your intuition. However, that doesn’t mean you won’t. We all have our own story.
Your Intuition’s Way of Showing Up Not everyone has a huge or miraculous event to alter their state of intuitive awareness. As a matter of fact, most don’t. You will probably find it rare to discover people who’ve
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been clinically dead and have come back to life, having had a near-death experience, or NDE. Chances are you haven’t met too many people, if any, who were struck by lightning, surviving and instantly being able to psychically tune in to others. No, these are not common, and contrary to what some may believe, they are not necessary to open your intuitive gifts. Most often it’s the little things: The feeling you get in your gut when something just feels right, possibly the fluttering of happy butterflies. Or it’s picking up the phone to call your best friend as it rings and realizing they are calling you at the same time. It’s the mother’s intuition when you reach out to make sure your child is okay because you had a sudden feeling that you needed to—and lo and behold, they are not okay and you are the exact person they needed to talk to. It’s the feeling that you must trade in your car because you absolutely know, with no evidential proof, that something bad will happen if you don’t, and then you find out the motor blew up as soon as the new owner was driving it off the lot. It’s running back into the house to grab sunscreen and finding out later that what was originally supposed to be an indoor volunteer position has turned into a five-hour outdoor gig in sunny 85-degree temperatures. All of these and so many more are examples of your intuition talking to you. Our intuition can show up as a feeling or a knowing. It can be a vision inside our mind or a song we hear that helps guide us. It can even make you taste your grandma’s sauce or your dad’s cigars. All of these can be attributed to our metaphysical 2
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senses, and no, that does not have to be a scary word. In my life it has become as common as the stars in the sky. Have you ever noticed an odd coincidence that you felt went beyond the norm? It was probably a synchronicity or a synchronistic event—when something happens that makes you think, Huh, that was strange. Possibly you’ve noticed an external sign that has answered even an unasked question. Or you’ve asked for help and see guidance soon after that you know, again, has given you direction. Symbols, similar to signs, are an intuitive way of helping us with images, thoughts, feelings, sounds, and even scents inside our bodies rather than outside. These internal messages can be difficult to believe as sometimes they feel like your imagination. When this happens, you can ask for validation. Expect another sign, symbol, or synchronicity to show up and help you perceive what your intuition is telling you. We are all connected through energy, and this energy reaches beyond your body, your home, your town, and even your world. It is this energy that allows us to read people and situations. It is this energy that may have contributed to your very own intuitive coming-out story. Now, how about you? When is the last time you noticed something small or even really big that you may or may not have attributed to your intuition? If you don’t have your story yet, believing in the possibility can certainly help you discover what may be your very own intuitive coming-out story. Using tools to help you access your intuition can jump-start your story! 3
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Why You Should Want to Develop Your Intuition Though it is frequently disregarded, intuition is natural and something everyone is born with. We forget how to access our gifts. However, it’s such a part of who we are that we often don’t recognize it as our intuition. While reading this book, you will discover how just about any part of you can benefit by using your metaphysical gifts. Still not sure? Let’s break it down a bit into some of the facets in your life—career, relationships, health, finances, and even peace of mind. You will learn how your intuition plays a role in making these better. That is merely the beginning. We work hard in life. So many of us go to work, come home exhausted, and feel this is all there is. What if there’s more to living? You need only discover how you can enjoy your day and not just simply survive. Using your intuition can help with that. What if I can’t tap into my extrasensory gifts? You wouldn’t be the first to ask this, and you should know it is very common to feel this way. You might even feel like an impostor in your own life as it won’t always feel natural and may feel contrived. However, you don’t have to give up! There are options for you—intuitive tools. They can be a game changer even for the most experienced psychic.
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My Intuitive Story We’ve all got a story. Whether it’s life-altering or not, it’s our story, and it’s unique to us. Some stories are simple, and some are cool—the kind of cool where you say, Wow! That’s amazing! I believe mine falls somewhere in the middle. We are all born with an innate intuitive sense. We may not call it that and we may not always identify it, but it’s there, possibly buried beneath the myriad things that keep us busy—the fun, often monotonous activities we experience daily. Occasionally that intuition pops up, seemingly out of nowhere, to help you make a decision or change direction or tell you to stay clear of someone or something. It can even show up with goosebumps when you’ve met someone who will be important to you in this lifetime. Yup, that is all intuition, and we all have it. When I was little, I’d always read people. Simply put, I could pick up on their energy. I didn’t realize everyone didn’t do that. I thought this was an ordinary thing we all did. Later in life I realized it was normal for me, but it wasn’t normal for my friends or even other family members. Then, almost three decades ago, I was standing in my dining room. I felt like someone hit me over the head, and I heard the words You need to do this work now! I looked around and saw no one, but immediately I knew, deep down in my soul, what it meant. It was my guides, the helpers from the other side, and they were letting me know it was time for me to prepare
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for what would soon be my life’s work. This was my coming out—and what would soon be my coming out as a professional psychic. At times I look back with wonder. After all, I had been the controller of a company and the owner of my own children’s store. I definitely wasn’t prepared for what was to be the biggest career change of all. However, I felt it in my bones—this was to be my new truth.
Psychic Versus Intuitive Throughout this book I may refer to both intuitive and psychic abilities. Many people find they are interchangeable. The simplest way to define the difference between the two is that everyone is born with a natural intuitive sense, but not everyone is psychic. I liken it to how most people can put together an edible lunch of some kind, but not everyone is going to be a Michelin-starred chef. There are two things that distinguish psychics versus intuitives: development and natural abilities, along with an inherent inclination. This said, working with your innate intuition can enhance your gifts. Practice helps you understand how you can better tune in. You will gain a better understanding of the metaphysical world and an organic ability to tune in deeper. It’s up to you how far you want to go!
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Intuitive Tools There are many methods you can use to tune in to your gifts, and no, it is not wrong to use them. Even professional psychics use tools, especially if the person getting a reading (also known as a sitter, querent, or client) is blocked or closed off. The use of tools helps rather than hinders your abilities. Tools help facilitate our intuitive connection. Writers use computers to assist them with writing. Carpenters use hammers and nail guns. Doctors use machines to measure a person’s health. Janitors use mops. Similarly, intuitive people can use tools to aid them in receiving and deciphering messages. Tools aid in accomplishing whatever task we set about doing. With this book, it’s to tune in to your own intuition. There are an unlimited number of ways psychics can tap into their metaphysical senses. The following chapters will break down the types of intuitive tools and how they can be utilized. Some you may resonate with, while others might be off-putting or confusing to you. Your intuition will help you decide what feels right and what doesn’t. Your spirit will help guide you to the vibration that matches and elevates your own.
What to Expect from This Book Throughout these pages you will uncover many forms of psychic tools and how they can be used to help access your own
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gifts. Keep in mind that although you will be exposed to numerous tools throughout these pages, the enormity of material in relation to them is vast; I am giving you a somewhat cursory introduction to each. Many types of cards, crystals, pendulums, and much more will be shared with you. The exercises within will help you access and utilize your own intuition while discovering how to use the multiple implements. You will undoubtedly feel a pull or a level of comfort to one over another; it’s quite normal. Becoming familiar with them all can be a gateway to using tools to build and enhance your intuitive abilities. One of the best ways to remember information that you will discover throughout the book is to be ready with a journal. You’re going to want to record what you access with your intuition while doing the exercises. It doesn’t have to be formal. It can be loose paper or even a file you save on your computer. It will be something you can keep and review to show you how far you’ve come with your intuitive abilities. So, before every exercise, have that journal ready. Revisiting your journal and your experiences can help hone your intuitive gifts over time. For those of you who are working with your intuition for the first time, hold on. You are entering a world of discovery you may never have been in before. And for those who are practicing already, strap in. There will be a plethora of tools to aid you in going deeper in a way you haven’t before! You are jumping into the mystery of the mystical arts. What I want for all of you is to learn what feels right. This isn’t a one-size-fits-all situation. You’ll discover what methods 8
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work for you personally. This book will give you the opportunity to tune in using all of your metaphysical senses, with helpers from the other side as well as physical helpers on this plane. Life changes when you find yourself in a realm you may not have ventured into previously, and it is through this dimension of existence that you might feel you can begin living more fully. Let’s go!
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EXPLAINING INTUITION Intuition is natural. It is our birthright—an inherent part of each and every one of us. Think of it as a muscle we already have that we can exercise. From the cavemen days to the present, it’s been accessible to us for everything from finding a mate to our actual survival. It is part of our everyday life; unless we shut it down, it evolves organically. Accessing it doesn’t always feel natural, though. Learning how to tune in can be the first step in understanding it, and you may find that you become able to tap into it on demand, especially if you learn how to combine it with the tools. However, before utilizing tools, you need to have a grasp of how you may experience your own metaphysical sensations. Our higher selves, the universe, deceased loved ones, and our spirit guides tend to be the most significant communicators when it comes to getting extrasensory hits. This means that our intuition is generally part of us, connected to our being, our aura (the energy field around every living
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entity), and our chakras (our spiritual batteries, or the energy centers that travel up our bodies and connect us to ourselves and everything in the universe; see also chapter 5). I like to use the term universe because that’s what resonates with me. For you, it may be God, Buddha, Gaia, or another deity that comforts and confirms you and your beliefs. Essentially, I am referring to the energy that connects our spirit or soul to everything else. It is in this energetic connection that our intuition flourishes and communicates with us. This is where the information comes from. The next step is deciphering what’s being imparted to us through our intuition. We are bridging the gap between the known and the unknown. We wouldn’t step out in the wild without first making sure we can preserve ourselves. To keep yourself and your spirit safe while working with your energy, it’s best to develop some sort of protection practice before each exercise. Opening ourselves to the energy of the universe can be a scary thing at times and is even a bit dangerous without safety measures in place. Finding a spirit board in the attic can be a fun thing. Spirit boards, commonly known as Ouija boards, carry the stigma of being dangerous. Ouija boards or spirit boards are not inherently bad; they are a tool that can be used to access spirits, ghosts, or loved ones on the other side. What gives them a bad rap is that people who are unaware of the dangers tend to jump right in without any prep besides maybe lighting a candle and getting some friends together for a night of paranormal fun. The problem here is that there is generally no protection from 12
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the start to keep bad spirits or entities from coming through when you open the channel or portal to the other side. Let’s remedy that. This doesn’t mean you should run out and buy your own spirit board unless you are well versed in the risks of playing with the energy of it. However, learning to protect yourself can help you prepare properly for a connection. This is the reason why we always perform some sort of safety measure before diving into any kind of esoteric practice.
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Meditation for Safety and Protection Though no technique is perfect, there are many different methods people can employ to protect themselves. The easiest way I’ve found is to do a simple yet productive meditation before each exercise. You may already have one in practice. You can choose to do that or mix it up a bit. The value is in the protection itself.
Get yourself in a comfortable space where you can relax. Start by taking a couple of deep breaths, breathing in healthy, positive energy and exhaling anything negative you may have trapped in your body. Close your eyes if you haven’t already and continue breathing deeply. On your next deep breath, feel the oxygen traveling through your head, neck, shoulders, arms, and all the way out the ends of your fingertips. Exhale any pain or discomfort in those areas, allowing the energy to fall down into the center of the earth 13
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to be recycled into positive energy. Do this a few times until it feels you’ve cleared out your head, neck, and shoulders. Continue down, breathing positivity into your chest and trunk (belly and back) and into your hips. Release anything that you no longer need when you breathe out. Inhale into your legs and all the way down to your feet, and imagine any negativity leaving your body and traveling down to the earth. Feel your toes grounding you to the earth with positive, healing energy as you inhale and exhale. As you continue to breathe, feel the vitality of your spirit filling up, swirling around you, flowing through and out of your aura and your chakra system. With each breath, feel the force of your energy expanding outward, claiming the space all around you and within you. As you expand further, imagine the energy being filled with beautiful gold glitter-like particles of healing that float out to the rest of the world. Allow this to continue with every breath in and out. Out of the top of your head, imagine there’s a fountain-like extension that looks like fiber-optic cables lighting up, getting brighter and brighter with every inhalation. Notice that these beautiful, sparkly, lit-up cables that are filled with your energy and the energy of the universe create a canopy that travels down and around you and moves into the earth under your feet. Imagine these cables are flexible, crackling with positive energy, like electrical sparks that connect each fiber to the others, forming a shelter all around you that you can expand with every breath.
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This shelter only lets in positive vibrations, keeping out anything that is not good, healthy, or helpful for you. The field around you can admit your helpers from the other side, including deceased loved ones, spirit guides, and even angels. It can also permit data from friends and loved ones on this side but will keep out anything negative from either side. Focus again on your breath, feeling the energy protecting you and keeping you safe, knowing that anytime you feel you need to shield yourself, you can instantly set up your shelter again. Once you feel ready, go ahead and open your eyes, continuing to breathe, bringing yourself back into your body, feeling your toes and wiggling your fingers. Before you move too much, grab your journal and jot down any feelings, emotions, or thoughts you had throughout this meditation, no matter how trivial they may have seemed. This can be a freeing exercise, but it may bring up emotions for you. Write down whatever comes to mind without discounting it. This is your journal and your energy. It’s for you, so be honest about how you felt. •
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quite right. Empaths, or those who take on energy that doesn’t belong to them, may find this protective meditation particularly helpful to keep out unwanted or non-owned vibrations.
The Clairs Understanding the clairs is a key factor in developing your own intuition. Clair, meaning “clear,” is combined with our natural physical senses to describe our metaphysical senses. Clairs can be broken down into four main extrasensory receptors: clairvoyance/vision, clairaudience/hearing, clairsentience/feeling, and claircognizance/knowing. We will be going over these as well as others: clairgustance/taste and clairolfactory (or clairalience)/smell, which you may experience and are exactly what you think they are. You receive messages from inside your own mind that guide you toward or away from something. These messages are from your higher self and your intuition through the clair senses. In addition, in my three decades of doing professional psychic work, I have found that often these messages you receive through your intuitive senses come with assistance from your guides or even your loved ones on the other side. These helpers are trying to aid you in accessing your messages and are there to support you when you ask for help from them.
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Imagination Experiment Our imagination actually plays a unique role in helping us perceive what we are seeing. Without the ability to perceive through imagination, we are limited in our understanding of any psychic messages. For example, when you use your imagination, you’re able to call upon memories. These memories can expand in your mind to see not only shapes but colors and other recollections of experiences you may have had along with the actual images.
Close your eyes. Allow yourself to take a mental journey into your home. Move into your bedroom. Based on your memories of where you sleep, notice what color your bedding is and what you see as you walk into the room. Pay attention to anything you see on your dresser or bedside table. Notice what color the floor is and what the material is. Feel what your blankets and pillows feel like. Detect any scents in your bedroom. Discern any feelings you have as you imagine walking through your room. These details allow you to put together a pretty comprehensive picture of your bedroom or sleeping area. Once you are done taking it all in, go ahead and open your eyes. Get out a piece of paper or your journal and sketch what you were seeing. There’s no one grading your artistic skills; this is to get it on paper. Write down what you saw, including as much detail as possible. The capacity you have to open your imagination in this way can help you train your mind to get a plethora of data while using your metaphysical senses. 17
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Clairvoyance The most commonly recognized clair sense is clairvoyance. Though the word clairvoyance is often confused with the word psychic, it is just one of your psychic senses. It means “clear sight” and is the gift of being able to see things in your mind’s eye. On very rare occasions, it is seeing things that aren’t there in the physical world. The key to tapping into your psychic vision starts by being open to whatever images you may perceive in your clairvoyant center. This center is located above your brows, in the middle of your forehead. As with all clair gifts, the desire to clarify the image you may experience can be strong. It can feel like your imagination. However, the more you practice opening your third eye center, the more you will discover—and the more you will discern between your imagination and actual psychic visions. It’s very uncommon to see external clairvoyant images. Seeing in your third eye is more of an internal thing. Seeing someone externally is not unheard of, but often if someone tells you they see someone standing next to you, like a deceased loved one, they are explaining what they see in their mind’s eye. More frequently when you see something clairvoyantly, it will be internally and may just be a flash. Many see photo-like images that show up for a fraction of a second. You might find you receive more black-and-white pictures than full color, or vice versa. In rarer instances, you may be given a short video to view. Usually these images are somewhat fleeting, but that doesn’t mean you won’t remember them. 18
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Clairvoyance Using your clairvoyant gifts may come naturally, especially for artists, designers, and those who use their physical sight creatively, or it may be a struggle. One thing is for sure: Practicing using your third eye will help filter anything that does come through over time.
Close your eyes and imagine taking a spray bottle of nontoxic cleaner and spraying your third eye area. In your imagination, gently scrub the area with a soft cloth and the cleaner until it begins to get brighter. Take your fingertips and place them on your third eye. Lightly move them across your forehead to open your clairvoyant chakra. Do this for a minute or so, preparing your psychic vision to tune in. Without questioning how, ask the universe to show you an image or images of what you may see in your future. It can be something simple, like a salad that you end up ordering for lunch the next day, or it can be an image that has everything to do with your future family. Whatever you see with your psychic sight is okay. Allow the images to come through without questioning them or even knowing specifically what they are or what they mean. This exercise is meant to open your third eye without judgment or censorship. In your journal, write down any descriptors for the pictures you saw with your third eye. Record any colors or shapes you 19
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may have noticed if you can’t make out what the image was. You can draw with as little or as much detail as you want. As with the previous exercise, it’s not about your artistic abilities— it’s a way to get it down on paper so you can remember it and study it if you choose. It might take more than one attempt to have any semblance of an image come through. Though you’ll want immediate results, it may take time for this to happen. Don’t get frustrated. This is totally fine as the more you practice, the more you’ll get out of it. Not everyone will be able to see things. If you don’t, no worries. There are other intuitive gifts you may resonate with more.
Clairaudience Have you ever heard a song in your mind that’s not actually playing or a voice calling out something but there’s no one around? That could have been your clairaudience, your metaphysical clear hearing. It is this gift that allows us to perceive audible messages with our extrasensory perception. As with clairvoyance, it is rare to get an entire paragraph or even a full sentence of information. Most often you will get snippets of a song or a sound or a sentence or even a name. This is typical and not to be discounted. Clairaudience may be the most prevalent intuitive sense for those who lean toward sound in their physical life. People who normally use their voice or their musical ear or are public speakers may find this clair tends to work better when trying to tune in. These can include people who are musicians or musi20
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cally inclined as well as teachers and anyone who resonates with some type of tonal vibration. Psychic hearing can come through with specific answers to questions or situations you might have been thinking about. For example, I was thinking about an upcoming home inspection we were having done because of storm damage. I was a bit nervous about how it would go because I worried they would say we hadn’t fixed everything, which would hold up the insurance payment we would receive when it was all finished. I didn’t ask for a message. I was thinking about it when I heard the lyrics to “Money” by Pink Floyd. I heard that one word from the song and it calmed me down. I knew it was a message that the inspection would pass without having to worry anymore. Clairaudience is connected to your throat chakra, which is about communication and speaking. You can clear out this chakra by gargling with warm salt water and physically cleansing your ears. Be careful not to stick anything in your ear canal. Try rubbing the physical part of your ear, in the very front, while rubbing under your jawline as well. This can help the connection to further your clairaudient ability. Singing can release endorphins as well as stimulate your intuitive hearing. I listen to music every day and sing to every song even if I don’t know the words, much to the chagrin of my daughters. I’m not surprised when I hear songs or song lyrics with my clairaudience. This does not prevent me from hearing other sounds or even words. Any sound you can imagine or hear with your physical ears can be heard intuitively. 21
Amplify Your Intuition WITH DIVINATION TOOLS Intuition is at the heart of psychic practice, but the call is often hard to hear. Physical tools can make listening to your intuition so much easier. Renowned psychic and medium Melanie Barnum dispels the common myth that using tarot cards, crystal balls, and other tangible tools is cheating. Sharing dozens of exercises and journal prompts, Melanie encourages you to try charm casting, water scrying, psychometry, and more.
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