Synchronicity Meaning: Signs, Spirit and Tarot

Q: 1. What is synchronicity?

Synchronicity is a term coined by Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung to describe meaningful coincidences that seem too significant to be explained by chance alone. These events often create a strong emotional response and can offer personal insight, guidance, or confirmation during important moments in life.

What Is Synchronicity and What Does It Mean Spiritually?

Synchronicity is often described as a meaningful coincidence that carries a personal message or insight. Rather than being random, these experiences can serve as gentle guidance, encouraging us to pay attention to our intuition, life direction, and spiritual growth. Many people view synchronicity as a reminder that we are connected to something greater than ourselves.

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Synchronicity describes two seemingly unconnected events as related and causal to each other somehow, despite their apparent randomness. This feeling of aha! sets off a reverberating emotional charge. Rarely is anyone else as moved as we are, yet we can barely contain ourselves from babbling about it. Dreamtime in the waking world. Jung analyzed the fruits of synchronicity just as he analyzed a person’s dream. He pointed to how the symbols in synchronicity and the power it wields should never be ignored.

Who lines up synchronicity anyway?

I love listening to others’ experiences of synchronicity. It’s one of spirits manifested comments. Unravelling its meaning is energizing! Like interpreting a dream, when we land on the meaning, the aha! shout of satisfaction is beyond measure.

Differentiating Psychic Experience from Synchronicity

I was described a psychic at twelve years old. For many years, I assumed thinking of someone and bumping into them was more about connecting with them psychically than a synchronicity event. Dreaming of something or someone and having it manifest in waking life was chocked up to psychic experience too.

I’ve had a several synchronicity doozies. As a psychic reader of course, I come across oddities that some might describe as synchronicity but I would classify as psychic. One woman made an appointment to meet with me under quite extraordinary circumstances. She had a psychic reading months earlier while visiting a friend in London, England. The psychic told her she should consult a psychic that is practicing close to her home in Canada in a tea room and her name is Kathleen. The story gets stranger.

Upon returning home, she went on a hunt for a reader named Kathleen who was doing readings in a tea room. She was shocked to discover I was working out of a tea room she frequented with her girlfriends! The fact I was practicing in her favourite, local Tea Room and didn’t know until meeting with this psychic in London was a mind bender for everyone.

Perhaps the Most Extraordinary Experience

In 1989, I was studying for my M.A. in east/west psychology at the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco. I had decided that the course I was taking with Angeles Arrien on Transitions, which focused on the teachings of the I-Ching, would mark the end of my studies at CIIS and stay in SF. It was offered to me free of charge by the school as recognition for a scholarship achievement and was the only reason I delayed my return to Canada.

I was feeling rather wistful after that first class (April 1989) and headed to a Hunan Restaurant on the Haight to have lunch. After my meal, the waiter brought the bill with a fortune cookie. Gotta love those fortune cookies! I opened the cookie to read the message with my usual curious-but-not-expecting-anything-profound frame of mind, and it read, “You need a new environment. Try Canada.”

Squawking, I leapt to my feet and mentally galloped to an alternate universe. The waiter rushed over to see if everything was okay. Lunch folks were now observing me with trepidation. Oh goodie, another cracker jack loose in Haight Ashbury! I quickly paid my bill and dashed out the door.

That message in the cookie was such a perfect answer to what was troubling me. I felt such joy that I was making the right decision to leave San Francisco – and all because a fortune cookie validated the decision. Which sounds nuts anyway. The fact that a waiter had casually reached into a box of fortune cookies and randomly pulled that cookie out for me was simply beyond anything I could comprehend. That’s synchronicity.

Recently we moved and two stained glass windows that my father made for me twenty years ago and my husband built frames for, fit perfectly into 2 windows in my office on THREE sides. All it took was a bit of tape to hold them up to the windows. The chances of this happening are so fantastic, it’s beyond comprehension. As soon as we placed them into the two bay windows, I knew I was in the right place at least for now. I “heard” my father say, “Welcome home”, and I felt blessed.

Interpreting Synchronicity Like a Dream

Synchronicity is like a dream. If we fail to correctly interpret a dream message, we will have the dream again, and again. Until we do. I must have missed a few signals before this incident with the fortune cookie to push spirit to resort to such an extreme measure. Upon returning to Canada, I watched the news with trepidation. Amazingly, there was a destructive earthquake in October of that year that impacted where I was living in SF profoundly.

Synchronicity is a sacred process to remind us that we are all connected. I know it has rattled me into a state of hyper-awakeness and I am always thankful when it happens. Many clients I have spoken to over the past few months have been amazed at the increase in synchronistic events they have been experiencing over the past few months. Times are a’changing for so many, synchronicity is firing like a jalopy! Be sensitive to its messaging, enjoy its thrill and start pondering its hidden message.

All the best of this lovely summer season to you and your loved ones.

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Can synchronicity be a message from Spirit?

Many people believe synchronicity is one of the ways Spirit communicates. Repeating numbers, chance meetings, meaningful dreams, or seemingly impossible coincidences often appear during times of change or important life decisions. While synchronicity doesn’t predict the future, it can encourage deeper self-reflection and help you recognize opportunities, affirm decisions, or gain clarity about your path.

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Conclusion: The Truth Behind Tarot Fear

What synchronicities have been appearing in your life lately? Perhaps they are subtle whispers, or perhaps they arrive with the unmistakable force of that exhilarating aha! moment that leaves you wondering how the universe could possibly be so precise.

Spirit has a remarkable way of guiding us when we are willing to notice. Every meaningful coincidence is an invitation to pause, reflect, and trust that there is often a deeper message waiting to be uncovered.

If you’re experiencing unusual signs, vivid dreams, repeating patterns, or synchronistic events that you can’t quite make sense of, a tarot or psychic reading can help illuminate the message and reveal how these experiences connect to your life’s journey.

May this summer bring you moments of wonder, unexpected blessings, and the confidence to follow the signs that Spirit places along your path.

Wishing you and your loved ones a beautiful, joy-filled summer.

If you’d like to explore the messages Spirit may be sending you, I invite you to book a personal reading or browse the latest articles on my website. Sometimes one meaningful conversation is all it takes to turn coincidence into clarity.

Frequently Asked Questions About Synchronicity

Synchronicity is a term coined by Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung to describe meaningful coincidences that seem too significant to be explained by chance alone. These events often create a strong emotional response and can offer personal insight, guidance, or confirmation during important moments in life.

While they may appear similar, synchronicity and psychic experiences are different. Synchronicity involves meaningful external events that unexpectedly connect in a way that carries personal significance. Psychic experiences involve intuitive information received through clairvoyance, clairaudience, dreams, or other extrasensory perceptions without relying on coincidental events.

Many spiritual traditions believe synchronicity is one way Spirit communicates with us. Unexpected encounters, recurring symbols, repeating numbers, or timely messages may appear when we need reassurance, direction, or encouragement. The meaning is deeply personal and is best understood within the context of your own life.

A synchronistic event usually feels different from an ordinary coincidence. It often creates an immediate sense of recognition, an unmistakable “aha!” moment, and leaves a lasting emotional impression. If an event feels meaningful and seems to answer a question, confirm a decision, or point you toward a new direction, it may be synchronicity.

Yes. A tarot reading can provide valuable insight into the deeper meaning behind synchronistic events. Tarot helps uncover patterns, clarify life circumstances, and reveal guidance that may not be immediately obvious, allowing you to better understand the messages unfolding around you.

Many people report an increase in synchronistic experiences during periods of personal growth, major life changes, or spiritual awakening. Times of transition often heighten awareness, making it easier to recognize meaningful patterns and messages that may have previously gone unnoticed.

Developing mindfulness, paying attention to dreams, journaling unusual experiences, and trusting your intuition can help you recognize synchronistic events. The more present and receptive you become, the more likely you are to notice the subtle ways life communicates with you.

Carl Jung believed synchronicity demonstrated an underlying connection between the inner psychological world and external events. He viewed these meaningful coincidences as expressions of the unconscious, offering insight into personal growth and the deeper patterns that shape our lives.

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