One of the biggest hindrances to living an intuitively-led life is knowing what guidance to trust and how much weight to give the messages you receive. After decades of navigating this myself, I noticed distinct patterns in how I was filtering the guidance that arrived. I learned to “weigh” the messages. This framework documents that system so you can apply it too — with more confidence and a lot less second-guessing.
Start With Your Body of Knowledge
Your Body of Knowledge is everything you’ve already intuitively received — from internal or external sources. That includes things like card readings, intuitive conversations, dreams, gut feelings, conversation with someone with clair-abilities, astrology or Human Design readings, meditation downloads, synchronicities, and a whole host of other possibilities. Basically, if it came in and it resonated, it lives here.
When you’re just starting out, your Body of Knowledge might be pretty small — maybe just one strong unction about something you’re supposed to do or somewhere you’re supposed to go. That’s completely fine. That counts. The key is to keep track of it. For that I will always recommend journaling. It’s the easiest way to document what you’ve already heard so you can recognize patterns and spot confirmations when they come. (For me that journalling happens in the Day One Journal App because I like to be able to search, use hashtags, and link between entries. The key is: find what works for you.)
As you continue your intuitive journey, your Body of Knowledge grows with every message that resonates — and with it, your ability to recognize the voice of your own divine guidance. Whether you call that your Higher Self, God, the Universe, Source, Spirit, or your own inner knowing — that relationship deepens over time. And as it does, new messages will almost always fall into one of these four types.
The 4 Types of Intuitive Messages
1. Confirming Messages
A Confirming Message doesn’t give you new information — it validates something already in your Body of Knowledge — something you already sensed or believed. While it may not seem earth shattering to receive a message that simply confirms something that’s already on your radar screen, don’t underestimate their value. Confirmations are what keep you from feeling crazy. And if you’ve spent any time in the intuitive space, you know exactly what I mean by that.
These messages carry the lowest risk because there’s nothing new to act on. It’s simply a wink from the universe. Receive them with gratitude and let them do their job.
2. Confirming and Expanding Messages
In a Confirming and Expanding Message, a portion of it is new insight and a portion of it confirms something already in your Body of Knowledge. These are my personal favorite — and honestly, when I’m receiving intuitively for someone else, these are the ones I’m hoping to bring.
The reason is that the confirmation lends instant credibility to the new information being added. It’s another wink from the universe, but this time it adds — hey, remember that thing we already talked about? Here are more details.
These messages are so valuable because they often show up when you have a block and need the extra clarity for the next step. Sometimes it’s because it’s something you might not have thought of, or sometimes it was fear or someone else’s criticism blocking you from seeing something. Regardless, the confirmation does the heavy lifting of establishing trust, and then the new information rides in on that credibility.
3. Expanding Messages
Sometimes a message arrives and it feels connected to something in your Body of Knowledge, but doesn’t have a clean overlap — it touches it without confirming it — that is an Expanding Message. This is where discernment becomes important. All the information in this type is new, even if the topic feels familiar.
With this type of message, it is best to wait for confirmation. Essentially take it under advisement. Remember guidance arrives when it’s needed. If you don’t have clarity yet, trust that you don’t need it yet. You’re putting together breadcrumbs, and the path reveals itself in the walking.
4. Left Field Messages
Have you ever received intuitive guidance — whether from a reading, a conversation, or a download — that felt completely unrelated to anything you know about yourself, believe about yourself, or feel called to do? Not just new information, but information that doesn’t connect to anything in your Body of Knowledge at all? If so, you’ve received what I call a Left Field Message.
These are the ones that are not connected to anything you’ve currently received, not touching any edge you can identify, and they often feel like they just don’t make sense. In my early days I assumed this type of message was just wrong, that whoever delivered them had missed it. I’ve been doing this long enough to know that’s not always true. Some people simply see far ahead. It may mean you don’t yet have a grid for what you’re being shown.
So it is wise not to dismiss Left Field Messages, but it’s also wise not to act on them either. With these you would simply “process” them: document them, shelf them, and wait. You never have to force intuitive guidance to manifest. Trust the timing.
Using This Framework
Learning to recognize which type of message you’re receiving is itself a practice — and like any practice, it gets easier the more you use it. Now that you have these four types, here’s how to actually use them: every time you receive intuitive guidance, pause and ask yourself where it lands.
- Is it confirming something you already know?
- Is it adding new information onto something familiar?
- Is it touching your Body of Knowledge without overlapping it?
- Or does it feel completely unconnected to anything you’ve received so far?
Just naming the type takes so much pressure off — because understanding how much weight to give a message tells you whether it’s something to act on immediately or simply something that’s awaiting confirmation. You don’t have to know what to do with every message the moment you receive it. You just have to know how to hold it — and this framework gives you exactly that.
Actionable Insights
- Start your Body of Knowledge today. If you don’t already have a place where you’re documenting the intuitive messages you receive, start one now — even a simple note on your phone counts. What’s one message you’ve received that you haven’t written down yet?
- Use the four types with the next message you receive. The next time you get an intuitive nudge, a meaningful coincidence, or a message from someone with intuitive gifting, pause before you react. Which of the four types does it fall into? Just naming it changes how you hold it.
- Give yourself permission to wait. Not every message requires immediate action — and most don’t. If something doesn’t have confirmation yet, it doesn’t need a decision yet. Practice saying I’m holding this instead of forcing resolution before it’s time.
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