10 Ascension Symptoms That Are Impossible to Ignore
Ascension is the process of integrating more of your higher consciousness through the conscious and consistent embodiment of your Higher Self!
To get started with the process, you must first experience your awakening, which opens up a whole new world ahead of you…
Suddenly, you discover that there intuitive and psychic gifts!
You remember that you’re a Soul having a human experience and that you’ve come here with a soul purpose that may not have anything to do with your career path so far (although my own experience has shown me that almost everything is connected).
What’s more, you realise that a lot of what you know about life on Earth is a lie and that you have a role to play in illuminating the way to the truth.
As you’re navigating all minor and major changes, you’ll experience many ascension symptoms to give you guidance that you’re:
purging (the process of clearing old energy and outdated beliefs)
integrating (the process of receiving channeled ideas and more of your own Higher Self blueprint)
activating (the process of awakening dormant intuitive or psychic gifts, so you can finally use them within your daily lifestyle)
Here are 10 ascension symptoms that are impossible to ignore and what they mean on your journey ↓
1. Loss of taste
One of my favourite ways to start the day is with a cup of coffee.
The day my coffee tasted like “sand” was the first time I experienced an ascension symptom in real time!
You can compare the food to “sand” or “cardboard”.
It doesn’t have to be coffee. It can be toast, pasta or even a fancy meal.
The reality is that you can’t taste it!
Nor do you want to…
Check out my reflection on this as part of my collab with Ultrahuman:
I think the first time I actually experienced this ascension symptom was when I was still employed full time (around 2021–2022). I remember being so ill that I had to call in sick. Everything tasted like sand or cardboard, I was barely able to leave the bed, and eventually I figured out that I was dehydrated. That’s when I discovered my own elixir of life — peaches — that were almost as hydrating as watermelon and definitely what gave me the boost I needed to bounce back.
Sure, fruits still have more taste during this time, but most of all — you are guided to rest your taste receptors, and your body’s processing abilities, as you’re going through powerful energetic activations that require all the attention at the level of your operational system.
In other words, now is not the time to overload your nervous system even further. Naturally, spicy food is out of the question!
2. Sore throat (and increased mucus)
While there are many reasons why you may develop sore throat, one of the signs that you’re undergoing an ascension symptom is that you feel more energy than usual centred around your throat.
This is how the energetic clearing of the Throat Chakra happens!
In preparation for seasons of your life where you need to use your voice more than before, especially after your spiritual awakening, every now and then you will experience a couple of days of having sore throat out of nowhere in order to complete the necessary energetic clearing.
During an energetic clearing of the Throat Chakra, you may also notice that there’s increased mucus production and movement in your body.
Do you know what that signals?
Your body is finally releasing the emotional blockages and allowing for the fascia to do its job — to move freely, without attachment or expectations, to flow throughout the body safely and consistently.
The fascia tissue supports our immune system’s ability to protect us by continuously “flushing out” what is no longer needed for the body.
During the ascension window, that’s precisely what is happening, but at an accelerated speed, which is why the throat is processing more mucus than anticipated and it results in a “sore throat” diagnosis to signal to us:
“Hey, I am doing some big clearing over where, if you could support me during this time, that would be great!”
To support the clearing, you can drink more fluids and more hot drinks that offer some soothing to the affected area.
I’d also recommend doing some reiki yourself and being mindful about the intentions you set during this time.
Remember that the Throat Chakra allows you to write your own story — be careful what thought patterns you are affirming at this time!
3. Loss of appetite
While experiencing loss of appetite is linked to experiencing loss of taste, they don’t always show up at the same time.
The higher your operational frequency, the less food you’ll need.
Shamans have observed this phenomenon for centuries!
Those with increased Light body can spend the whole day in Nature, walking — even exercising — in both rainy or sunny weather conditions, and still not feel deep tremendous exhaustion that would overtake anyone else, having consumed only an apple that supplied them with all the nutrients they needed to remain connected to their life energy.
The loss of appetite might be guiding you to re-evaluate your eating habits at a temporary and permanent basis.
Sure, a tasty treat every now and then is part of the human experience, but do you really need it to be happy and satisfied with life? Or do you turn to the junk food to participate in the rituals of today’s society?
Every ascension symptom brings us closer to our own Higher Self’s wisdom and increases our intuitive abilities, so that we can get to know our true needs and true calling on Earth with more understanding.
Sometimes the loss of appetite suggests another energetic clearing window, while other times it’s a call to change how you live in order to align further with your own divinity!
4. Upset stomach (and bloating)
The gut area is closely connected to processing emotions, from happiness and excitement to fear and disgust.
When you are experiencing fear, especially for longer periods of time, this blocks the flow of the emotions, which disturbs the natural flow of your gut microbiome as a direct result of the energetic shift!
The area of the stomach actively connects to the first 4 chakra points:
Root chakra (responsible for action, habits and feeling safe)
Sacral chakra (associated with passion, sensuality and creativity)
Solar Plexus chakra (linked to leadership, courage and joy)
Heart chakra (tasked with love, empathy and connections)
When we experience fear, we move out of alignment with our chakra system, because we are no longer trusting the guidance from within, but giving into the stimulus that is in the external world (e.g. government warnings or marketing messages).
Fear also manifests when we are dealing with other people, which is another stimulus from the external world that is always fighting for our attention and focus!
But let me ask you this…
If you didn’t care about the judgement of your family and friends, would you live your life differently?
If you care about the opinion of loved ones, and that blocks you from being honest to your true wants and needs, then you are not really attuned to your own internal system, but rather you are choosing to turn to others to guide your actions and determine what’s possible (or suitable) for you.
Instead of viewing yourself as a sovereign being, you are living your own life as a child who needs constant adult supervision and/or validation, because deep down your internal operational system is stuck at the age(s) when your own parents blocked your growth: there you will find the roots of your trauma, so you can uproot them and continue your evolution.
So if one of the ascension symptoms that you’re experiencing is an upset stomach or bloating, then you’re actively processing repressed emotions and suppressed desires, which in turn is helping you to unblock and clear stuck energy that is associated with the first 4 energetic centres — the first 4 chakras.
Journal, travel back to childhood memories and notice what emotions come to the surface, meditate, go for a walk or ground in nature. Let your gut feelings — and intuitive system — lead the way!
One of the fastest shortcuts to do the emotional work is to cry. Seriously, a good crying session can help you reflect on your life and get really honest with how you’re feeling and why you’re feeling sad or unsatisfied with a certain aspect or chapter of your life!
5. Sleep issues (and delirium)
There are many reasons why you may experience sleep issues!
From eating late to over-consuming caffeine and overdoing it at the gym, the body signals to us that it’s still processing your daily intake by keeping you up at night.
But in the context of ascension symptoms, insomnia arrives differently.
(1) You can be really alert, as if Spirit has already whispered to you:
“Tonight I need you awake on Earth. There’s a spiritual battle in the astral realm that you don’t need to join.”
(2) You can be really confused, as if a thousand voices are in your head, which is an indication that someone is actively trying to project themselves into your auric field, or is actively talking about you to someone else, which is one way to “cast a spell” on someone’s life.
Yes, gossip can be considered dark magic or dark energy, especially when it’s coupled with ill intentions or strong negative emotions like envy, hatred and anger!
(3) You can be really sleepy, yet unable to fall into a deep slumber, as you’re continuously being awakened and “taken out of your sleep”, almost as if you’re in a state of delirium — because you are. This usually happens shortly before a big manifestation arrives or has already started arriving (e.g. you’re about to channel a book or you have actively started channeling a business idea).
Delirium can often be observed in dying patients when they are slipping in and out of consciousness. You can interpret this ascension symptom as confirmation that a previous version of you is dying and a new one is being born, or that you’re quite literally fighting for your life as energies and entities are trying to attack you in your sleep, so that you don’t receive what is meant for you.
I don’t often experience sleep delirium. There are maybe 3 to 5 moments that I can recall from the past few years that are all linked to expansion that allowed me to channel more of my potential and my Divine mission. One example is channeling ‘GOD SENT ME’, my debut poetry book, that brought me to a state of sleep delirium and challenged me thoroughly in the weeks of actively channeling and preparing it for publication.
(4) You can be having really vivid dreams that keep waking you up, and yet when you go back to sleep — you’re right in the same dream! During those nights, you won’t get the rest you need, but you will certainly see some things that relate to your personal growth and maybe even receive information that is relevant to your soul purpose on Earth.
(5) You can experience the effect of being woken up in the middle of the night (e.g. 3AM or 4AM), as if someone invisible woke you up by shaking your shoulder, and then… nothing. You can’t go back to sleep. You don’t feel like getting up yet. You aren’t receiving information through your clair-gifts. Nothing.
Keep in mind that sleep issues are usually more prevalent around a full moon, so prepare to have a weird sleep schedule in the days before or after it, especially if you have already embraced spirituality in your routine!
6. Body aches
If I told you that there’s no guidebook about the body, or a manual for each body ache, I’d be lying…
From Chinese medicine to holistic research, much has been written about the connection between physical symptoms and our emotions!
Louise Hay even created a list of intentions that you can use to support your healing journey in her book ‘Heal Your Body’.
You don’t need to believe to give this approach a go. Once you try it and it works, use your belief to share this knowledge forward!
Give it a go…
Where in your body are you currently feeling pain, resistance, unease or stiffness?
Once you have located the affected area of your body, research what it represents at the emotional level and use your mind to re-direct the flow of thoughts (and energy), so that you can rewire your own subconscious mind and belief system. In turn, you will understand more about your intuitive abilities and how you’re really feeling!
Body aches during your ascension are simply signals that arrive to get your attention to the inner work that’s happening on your behalf. Since you are always co-creating with your Higher Self, you can support yourself by constantly increasing your awareness and knowledge!
7. Chakra pulsations
Chakra pulsations usually occur during a time of energetic expansion, and while they may happen across all of the seven chakras, they are most noticeable for these 3 chakras:
Heart chakra (heart expansion)
Third Eye chakra (spiritual gifts enhancement)
Crown chakra (Higher Self integration)
The Heart chakra pulsation feels like warmth in your chest. It’s nice and lovely, as if the Universe is supplying you with extra love! You may feel the need to meditate or journal — use the opportunity to ground channeled messages or light codes onto Earth.
The Third Eye chakra pulsation feels like tension that you can’t ignore. It’s like a thumb that’s pressing between your eyes. You may feel the need to rest and even sleep — trust the intuitive guidance that’s helping you expand at this time.
The Crown chakra pulsation feels like openness and liberation. It’s like you are connected to something greater than you and it’s allowing you to see with more clarity and peace how to be human without so much judgement, fear and expectations.
Whenever you feel pulsation around one of your seven chakras, know that you’re expanding at its level. You can research and learn more about the 7 chakras to support yourself better during your expansion seasons!
You can even initiate the expansion by actively focusing on a chakra that you want to strengthen and ask your Higher Self or Spirit Team to assist you with intuitive guidance.
8. Brain fog (and losing your words)
Once you begin your spiritual awakening, you will permanently transform the way that you live.
This may confuse — or amuse — the people around you.
But as part of your ongoing transformation, you will no longer be able to fit in with the usual 9–5 lifestyle, precisely because you are going through so many different activation and initiation cycles to help you align further with your spiritual calling on Earth.
Brain fog occurs during the 24–72 hour window of grounding information, which often requires rest (or even sleep) in order for your operational system to have the time and space to focus on the flow of receiving instructions.
Unfortunately, when we are receiving spiritually or energetically, we don’t always feel exhausted, which doesn’t really give our body the indication to rest, slow down or pause. Often this is due to being disconnected from our intuitive system as we are tuning into the logical system and keeping up with our to-do list at the expense of ignoring the signs that our Higher Self is sending our way!
Similarly, we are not always in an environment that allows us to rest, slow down or pause without facing some type of negative consequence, raging from judgement and criticism to financial losses and relationship failures.
Just because we are spiritually awakening, it doesn’t automatically mean that the people around us are on the same awakening journey. Yet if we have a soul contract with them, our paths won’t part until we are done with what we need to complete together.
So if you are experiencing brain fog, especially if you reach the point of being unable to even form words or spell them properly, but you cannot take time off your life engagements, here’s what you can do:
inform the people around you that you’re having an “off” day
explain that you need to be quiet or that you need extra silence today
show up for your commitments but take frequent breaks to shake off the energy and move your body more than usual
cancel any meetings that you can reschedule to a different day
do not over-extend yourself if your operational capacity is limited
If your brain fog lasts more than 72 hours, especially if your ability to speak is still impaired and/or you notice any other symptoms that may suggest a more serious condition, go and speak to a medical professional who will be able to assist you in getting the right blood tests to examine if there’s something else causing your body to malfunction at this time.
9. Cold chills (spiritual fever)
This ascension symptom is so revealing that you’re not going to be able to miss it!
Fever usually features increased body temperature, sweating and being unable to keep your eyes open due to extreme fatigue.
But spiritual fever is a different story!
Your body feels cold.
You begin to shake from head to toes.
You are wide awake, yet you continuously sense a wave of strong energy hit you to the point of total overwhelment where you just want to lie down and curl into a ball (the fetal position).
You know some mysterious force is “working on you” and that you are being taken care of, yet you have no idea what else you can do, but to surrender entirely to the process.
Here are two things that can help:
(1) Drink plenty of water and fluids! You’re likely to experience dehydration before, during and after going through the process of spiritual fever.
(2) Move and stretch! Lie down and listen to your body. If your legs want to stretch, let them. If your hands want to start making circling moves in the air, let them. Let your body release any energy that’s been stuck in your limbs, joints and muscles.
You are symbolically and literally releasing what is no longer serving you or has been weighing you down!
Getting the cold chills doesn’t last long. It’s usually less than 24 hours!
But the integrations that are happening as a result of going through the spiritual fever may take up to a week, so give yourself permission to slow down and check in with your body more frequently at this time.
10. Deep exhaustion
Last but not least, during your ascension you may experience periods of deep exhaustion that aren’t linked to anything in particular, but rather they are the culmination of overworking yourself for many years, now showing up to give you a clear sign that it’s time call back your energy.
Your potential and power may be limitless, but your human vessel can only handle a limited amount of energy exchanges at any given period of time before you exhaust your operational system’s capacity, which is why rest is such an essential component to managing your wellbeing during your ascension journey.
There are, of course, global and collective events that can cause the kind of deep exhaustion that doesn’t go away after a good night’s sleep.
Sometimes your own individual expansion windows happen at the same time as global or collective expansion windows, which means that your recovery time will be a lot longer than anticipated, because you’re doing twice the amount of inner work that you’d normally do during the usual ascension cycle.
Look — no one said that the spiritual journey is going to be easy, but the more we understand its ebbs and flows, its multi-layered seasons and cycles, the more we can take action in the right way, so we can move beyond survival and support each other as we are trying to master ourselves and be of service to humanity.
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