The third eye chakra - Ajna - sits right between your eyebrows and gets tied up in all kinds of nonsense about psychic visions and manifesting your dreams. Let’s clear that up right now.
This isn’t about seeing the future or willing your fantasy life into existence. Third eye is about perception. About seeing what’s actually there, in front of you, within you, in the patterns and connections that exist, whether you notice them or not. It’s about clarity, discernment, and trusting your inner knowing.
The difference between third eye work and manifestation? Reality. One is grounded in what’s there and possible. The other sets you up for frustration when your vision board doesn’t magically shape your life.
Intuition isn’t a mystical download from the universe. For me, it’s an internal dialogue. A voice, a feeling, a knowing that shows up when I’m paying attention.
But here’s the thing: you have to learn to trust that voice. And that means checking the messages, because sometimes we’re not honest with ourselves. Sometimes what feels like intuition is actually fear dressed up as wisdom. Or ego masquerading as insight.
It’s like developing trust with another person. The more you interact, the more you know them. The more you tap into your own inner energy, the stronger that communication becomes. You start to recognize the difference between your actual knowing and the static of anxiety or wishful thinking.
When it’s blocked, sometimes it’s silence. That internal knowing goes quiet, and you’re left second-guessing everything, unable to trust yourself. Other times it’s the opposite, negative self-talk that isn’t based on any facts. False emotions spiraling, creating stories that have nothing to do with reality.
When it’s overactive, there’s no flow. No rhythm. All over the place. Your mind jumps from pattern to pattern, seeing connections that aren’t there, no consistency in the messages or energy. You’re so far in your head that you’ve lost connection to what’s actually happening around you.
Balance is when you can see clearly without losing your grounding. When intuition and discernment work together instead of against each other.
When I’m making jewelry or blending oils, there’s a knowing. Creating with your hands is a transfer of energy. You're in direct contact with materials, tools, and ingredients. Sometimes I just feel called to create something specific. Other times, I touch the supplies and know immediately: this is the path today. Or no, not feeling it, and I move on or rest altogether.
That’s third eye at work. Not mystical, embodied. Your hands and your knowing working together before your logical mind catches up to explain why.
When things get jumbled, when intuition is unclear, or I need to take the reins, I go back to the basics:
Pen to paper. Let the confusion spill out so I can see what I’m actually working with.
Breathe. In silence or with music and incense. Just making space for clarity to surface.
Bathe. Cleansing away the mental fog, the false emotions, the static. Water and scent doing their work while I reset.
For third eye, I reach for frankincense, that ancient, grounding clarity. Clary sage, when I need to cut through the noise. Cedarwood for steady, rooted perception.
I keep my amethyst close. And my labradorite with its flash, that stone knows about seeing what’s hidden, about trusting the glimmers of knowing that show up when you’re paying attention.
The indigo and purple tones of third eye resonate for me. Not because the chakra system says they should, but because they mirror that depth and clarity I'm working with.
Clarity isn't always comfortable. Sometimes seeing what’s actually there means acknowledging what you’d rather avoid. But unclear vision doesn’t protect you, it just keeps you stuck in confusion.
Third eye isn’t about manifesting some fantasy future. It’s about perceiving what’s real, trusting your inner knowing, and having the discernment to tell the difference between truth and noise.
That's the work. Not mystical. Just honest.