How to Work With Signs and Messages From Your Higher Self

Jasleni Brito
Dec 18, 2025
3 min read

Before we talk about signs and messages, let’s slow down for a moment and name what we’re actually talking about.

Your Higher Self isn’t something outside of you. It’s not a separate being you need to reach or unlock. Your Higher Self is the part of you that sees clearly.

It’s the version of you that isn’t caught up in fear, urgency, or self-doubt. The part of you that understands your patterns, your desires, your timing, and your truth — without judgment. You might think of it as your inner wisdom, your intuitive voice, or your truest self beneath the noise.

It’s always there. The work isn’t finding it.The work is learning how to listen.

A lot of people ask me how to tell when their Higher Self is actually communicating with them.

They’re worried they’ll miss the message.

Or misinterpret it.

Or make something up because they want an answer.

Here’s what I’ve learned, both personally and through years of intuitive work:

Your Higher Self is not dramatic.

It doesn’t yell.

It doesn’t rush you.

And it doesn’t speak in fear.

Most guidance is quiet, subtle, and repetitive.

It asks for your attention, not your obedience.

Signs don’t arrive as lightning bolts

We tend to imagine guidance as something obvious and unmistakable. But more often, it shows up as:

A phrase you keep hearing

A card you keep pulling

A feeling that won’t let go

A thought that returns when things get quiet

Repetition is one of the clearest ways your Higher Self communicates. If something keeps circling back, there’s usually a reason.

Notice how the message feels in your body

One of the easiest ways to distinguish guidance from anxiety is sensation.

Higher Self messages tend to feel grounded, calm, steady, expansive.

Even when they invite change, they don’t feel frantic or punishing.

Fear-based thoughts often feel urgent, tight, or harsh. They push. They pressure. They demand certainty right now.

When in doubt, pause and ask yourself:

Does this feel like pressure, or does it feel like truth?

Ask better questions

The clarity of the answer often depends on the clarity of the question.

Instead of asking, What should I do with my life?

Try asking, What’s one small step that would support me right now?

Instead of, Is this the right path?

Try, What would bring me more ease or alignment today?

Your Higher Self responds best to questions that invite presence, not perfection.

Stillness is where messages land

You don’t need elaborate rituals to receive guidance.

Sometimes it’s a breath.

A walk without your phone.

A few minutes sitting with a cup of tea.

Stillness creates space. And space is where intuition speaks.

This is why practices like journaling, reflection, or card pulling work so well. They slow the noise enough for something real to come through.

How I personally work with guidance

When I feel uncertain or want clarity around a situation, I often reach for my oracle deck.

I’ll ask a simple question, pull a card, and almost every time I’m amazed by how precisely it speaks to what’s on my heart. Not in a dramatic way, but in a way that feels grounded, honest, and deeply affirming. The cards don’t tell me what to do. They help me hear myself more clearly.

I also love working with books in a similar way. Sometimes I’ll take a book off my shelf, close my eyes, open it to a random page, and place my finger somewhere on the page. Then I’ll read the word or sentence I land on and notice how it relates to the question I’m holding.

The message isn’t always obvious. Sometimes it’s subtle. Sometimes it just sparks a feeling, a memory, or a new way of seeing something. But often, that spark is just as powerful as a clear answer.

Both practices remind me that guidance doesn’t need to be perfect or literal to be meaningful. It just needs to open something inside you.

Trust the first thing that lands

Often, the clearest message arrives first.

Then comes the second-guessing.

The analyzing.

The what if I’m wrong?

That doesn’t mean the message wasn’t real. It just means your mind showed up afterward.

Try this: when something intuitive lands, write it down before you dissect it. Over time, you’ll start to notice patterns and build trust in your own inner voice.