5 Signs of a Karmic Relationship and What It’s Trying to Teach You
- Brainz Magazine
- 6 hours ago
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Written by Meli Guidance, Past Life Psychic
Meli Guidance is a past-life psychic, certified Akashic Records reader, and channeling coach. She helps old souls reconnect with their past lives and spirit guides to unlock their highest potential. In addition to channelling soul guides, she offers online courses and coaching sessions to anyone who wishes to develop their psychic abilities.
When I first met my husband, I wasn’t looking for love. We were just friends, no expectations, no romantic energy. And yet, I found myself reaching for his hand without even realizing it. It felt natural, effortless, almost like we’d done this before.
Eighteen years later, with the benefit of time, healing, and many hours spent in the Akashic Records, I understand why. We have done this before, many times. In other lives, we’ve built businesses together. Sometimes we succeeded; other times, there were betrayals, imbalances, or one of us carrying more than the other. This time around, our souls agreed to try again, with more awareness, more equality, and deeper trust.
This is the essence of a karmic relationship: it draws you in with a magnetic pull and lingers just long enough, or a lifetime, to help you grow.
What is a karmic relationship, really?
A karmic relationship is one that’s rooted in unfinished business from another lifetime. These relationships tend to feel intense and familiar, like you’ve known the person forever. Sometimes they’re wildly passionate, other times deeply frustrating, and often, a little bit of both.
Karma is not about punishment. Rather, it’s the universe offering a chance for balance, for your soul to heal and resolve unresolved dynamics from past lives. These relationships are opportunities to bring closure to unfinished soul contracts and to work through themes and patterns that have lingered across lifetimes. It’s an invitation to evolve spiritually and release the past in a conscious way.
Karmic relationships can show up as romantic partners, family members, close friends, or even brief but life-altering encounters. What they all have in common is this: they’re here to teach you something. These connections illuminate unresolved patterns, mirror old wounds, and offer a chance to evolve.
Some karmic relationships are long-term, like mine. Others pass through like a storm, powerful, transformative, and gone before you’ve had time to catch your breath. Either way, they leave a mark on your soul.
How to recognize a karmic relationship: 5 telltale signs
These connections often feel unmistakably familiar, but they also come with emotional intensity and patterns that are hard to ignore. Here are five signs that might reveal you’re in a karmic relationship:
Instant familiarity: You feel like you’ve known the person forever, even if you just met. There’s a magnetic pull that defies logic.
Emotional intensity: The connection is deep and consuming, often marked by emotional highs and lows that feel larger than life.
Repeating patterns: You keep falling into the same arguments, roles, or dynamics with this person, no matter how much you try to change things.
Rapid growth or triggering: The relationship stretches you. Whether through challenges or deep connection, you’re being invited to evolve, sometimes quickly and not always comfortably.
Hard to walk away: Even when it’s difficult or painful, you feel inexplicably tied to this person. There’s a sense that something bigger is keeping you connected.
Karmic relationships often bring patterns from the past into your present life. You might find yourself acting out old roles or repeating the same emotional cycles. These are clues that there’s unresolved karma at play. While these connections can be intense and difficult, they’re also the key to unlocking deeper soul growth.
What’s the lesson?
At their core, karmic relationships are spiritual teachers. They reflect the parts of you that still need tending, your boundaries, your voice, your patterns of people-pleasing or control. Sometimes they invite you to heal deep wounds around rejection, powerlessness, intimacy, or betrayal. Other times, they’re here to remind you of your worth, your strength, or your ability to choose something different.
These relationships aren’t punishments. Karma isn’t about seeking revenge or meting out consequences for past mistakes. Instead, it’s about achieving balance and allowing the soul to resolve old wounds. In fact, you might even find that in a previous lifetime, you’ve been both the victim and the perpetrator of karmic situations. Your soul seeks to experience both sides and find healing, allowing you to grow and make different choices in this life.
And while it’s easy to get caught in the story of the relationship itself, what truly shifts everything is understanding the why behind it. What is your soul trying to heal or learn through this connection?
That’s where the Akashic Records come in
The Akashic Records are a beautiful, energetic archive of your soul’s journey, across lifetimes, choices, and relationships. When you access the Records through your soul star chakra (the 8th chakra), you’re able to see the bigger picture of why a particular connection exists, what it’s meant to teach you, and how to shift the dynamic in this lifetime.
In my work with clients, I often witness the moment everything clicks into place. A person sees the past-life contract and/or past-life trauma, the betrayal that’s still echoing, the unbalanced dynamic that’s been repeating for centuries. And with that awareness, something begins to heal. They stop blaming themselves or the other person. They start choosing differently.
Awareness leads to healing. Healing leads to freedom.
A gentle practice for clarity
If there’s a relationship in your life that feels karmic, whether it’s intense, confusing, or hard to let go of, try this simple reflection:
Bring this person to mind. Close your eyes and take a few deep breaths. Then, ask yourself:
What emotion comes up most often in this relationship?
What patterns do I keep repeating with them?
What might my soul be trying to learn through this connection?
Let the answers come without judgment. Write them down. You may be surprised by how much wisdom flows through when you give yourself permission to listen.
And if you’re already exploring the Akashic Records, this is a powerful question to bring into your next reading: What is the karmic lesson at the heart of this connection?
Want to go deeper?
If this resonates with you, here are a few ways we can continue the journey together:
Download my free Akashic Records Guide: A gentle introduction to what the Records are, how they work, and how to start accessing them. Grab it here.
Take a course with me: Whether you’re just beginning or ready to deepen your practice, I’ll guide you step by step to connect with the Akashic Records for yourself and others. Explore my Level 1 and 2 courses here. Use code BRAINZ50 for 50% off today!
Book a 1:1 Akashic reading: If you’d like personal insight into a karmic relationship and guidance on how to heal or shift it, my sessions offer soul-level clarity and support. Book your reading here.
Francophone? My book Les annales akashiques : Le guide pour lire ses Annales et accéder à sa sagesse intérieure is a beautiful companion for your journey. This comprehensive guide offers step-by-step instructions and deep insights to help you access the Records with confidence and integrate their wisdom into your daily life, whether you’re just starting out or expanding your practice.
Karmic relationships aren’t random; they’re chosen. Your soul is always inviting you back into balance, into growth, and into deeper love. The Records are simply a tool to help you remember why you’re here, and how powerful you’ve always been.
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Meli Guidance, Past Life Psychic
Meli Guidance is a past life psychic, certified Akashic Records reader, and channeling coach who helps old souls reconnect with their past lives, spirit guides, and life missions. Through channeled guidance, she supports clients in overcoming fears, blockages, and limiting beliefs, guiding them toward authenticity, joy, and harmony. Meli teaches courses on connecting with spirit guides, reading the Akashic Records, and becoming psychic. She also offers private coaching, akashic readings, energy healings, and tarot readings, each designed to deepen her clients' spiritual journey and foster inner growth.
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