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Past Lives: 11 Signs Your Soul Has Reincarnated Many Times

by Aletheia Luna ยท Updated: Jul 25, 2024 ยท 549 Comments

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The soul is not born; it does not die; it was not produced from anyoneย…; Unborn, eternal, it is not slain, though the body is slain.ย 

– Katha Upanishad

I am certain that I have been here as I am now a thousand times before, and I hope to return a thousand times.ย 

– Goethe

We observe the principles of reincarnation everywhere in life:ย  the cycles of nature, day and night, the cyclic motion of the sun, earth, moon and solar system.ย  We also see the principles of reincarnation reflected around us each day: a plant grows, dies and releases its seeds.ย  Its seeds burrow into the earth, begin to sprout, and new life is reborn once again.

Reincarnation, or the rebirth of energy, or life, occurs all around us in different shapes and forms every day.ย  Perhaps this is why to many of us reincarnation is something intuitive, something that resonates the very nature, the very essence of life.ย 

We also see that our lives, and everything around us, follows a fundamental pattern; that of change, growth, transformation, and evolution.ย  We see that all of life goes through a maturing process at different rates and different velocities.ย  Thus to many of us, the maturation process of the soul through the process of reincarnation sounds just as instinctively and fundamentally correct as any other maturing process in life.


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Not only that, but some of us have experienced extraordinary feelings, memories and sensations that point to the legitimacy of such a mysterious experience.ย  We will be exploring many different signs that you might have touched the โ€œother sideโ€ in this article.

Past Lives and โ€˜Yourโ€™ Soul

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The doctrine of metempsychosis is, above all, neither absurd nor useless … It is not more surprising to be born twice than once; everything in nature is resurrection.ย  – Voltaire

Known also as โ€œmetempsychosisโ€ and โ€œtransmigrationโ€, Reincarnation and the concept of past lives has existed for thousands of years, spanning back to the ancient Celtic, Greek, Asian and Indian traditions.ย  These days, about 51% of the worldโ€™s population believe in some form of an afterlife, with about 7% believing that we are ultimately reincarnated.

One of the most intrinsic beliefs of reincarnation is that most of us have lived many lives before, and sometimes we can actually remember these past lives.ย  These past lives and past โ€˜selvesโ€™ we tend to identify with as extensions of ourselves and our egos.

However, as Mateo elaborated in a previous article on reincarnation:

Reincarnation of an โ€˜individual selfโ€™ is only as possible to the extent of believing that your sense of โ€˜selfโ€™ – your ego – is real.ย  Two identities who are dwelling within two different physical bodies in the present, or in the past, will be two very distinct personalities.ย  In truth, the โ€˜Iโ€™ is a transitioning, ever-changing phenomenon.ย  Although our identities and senses of self are ever-changing, there is something that remains the same.ย  There is something within us that is constant and continuous and that is pure awareness.ย  It is this very pure awareness which serves as the experiencer and observer of life, and it is this pure awareness that we can refer to as โ€˜ourโ€™ Soul โ€ฆ This understanding of reincarnation closely resembles that of the Buddhist idea that the continuity continues, but the individual disappears.

So although it is not necessarily โ€œyouโ€ or โ€œmeโ€ who has experienced reincarnation and past lives, the ever-present soulful essence within us has.

12 Signs Your Soul Has Reincarnated

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When we understand reincarnation as the maturation process, or evolution, of soulful energy, it follows that some of us have intuitively experienced different things in our lives that reflect on the age of the energy known as our souls.ย 

It is commonly believed that many of our personal characteristics, experiences and capabilities in this life reflect on whether we have lived before on earth.ย  It is thought that the more we mature, the more gifted we are in certain areas of life and the more often we go through spiritual awakening experiences.


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The truth is that all of us have most likely reincarnated, however, some of us have gone through this cycle more than others and therefore experience many of the following characteristics:

1.ย  Recurring Dreams

Dreams are reflections of the unconscious mind, and while repetitive dreams may sometimes signify trauma, fear or issues that your brain is trying to process (โ€œunfinished businessโ€), repetitive dreams can also potentially be reflections of past life experiences.ย  Many people claim to have experienced certain events, seen particular people or gone to specific places frequently in their dreams that feel very familiar, and somehow recognizable.ย  For example, I often have recurring dreams of a 15th century castle that I have a distinct feeling of knowing very well, yet I have never seen or been to this castle before in waking life.

ย 2.ย  Out-of-place Memories

There are many recorded instances of young children who have out-of-place memories that later prove to be oddly accurate in detail.ย  While out-of-place memories could be due to simple fantasies, misunderstandings or an incongruency in the ability to remember, there is mounting evidence that suggests out-of-place memories could reveal connections to past lives.

3.ย  You Have a Strong Intuition

Intuition is the ability to balance the conscious and unconscious mind and to tap into our deeper wellsprings of primal wisdom and innate knowledge.ย  It is said that the more we soulfully mature, the more we are closer to returning to the โ€˜sourceโ€™ (known also as nirvana, eternity, oneness) from which our Souls come from, and from which the collective unconsciousย  – a body of universal knowledge – exists.

4.ย  Dรฉjร  vu

Weโ€™ve all experienced dรฉjร  vu before at some point in our lives.ย  Itโ€™s that bizarre feeling that somehow we have already experienced or lived a moment in time before.ย  Often dรฉjร  vu comes spontaneously, and is triggered by smells, sounds, sights, tastes and various other sensations.ย  While some claim that dรฉjร  vu is a neurological dissonance, others claim that dรฉjร  vu reflects the possibility of other dimensions (i.e. parallel universes), and still others believe it is revealing of past life experience.

5.ย  Youโ€™re an Empath

Empaths absorb the emotions, and in some instances the physical pains, of those around them literally empathizing, or directly feeling and experiencing what others experience.ย  In this article aboutย  Empaths I go into greater depth about this unique breed of people.ย  While identifying as an Empath and absorbing the emotions of others could be seen in some instances as a psychological form of avoidance to bypass oneโ€™s own problems and pin the blame on others, in other genuine cases it can be seen as a sign of a soul that has undergone many previous reincarnations and has refined to the point of transcending the individual self and itโ€™s problems, extending to others as well.

6.ย  Precognition

Also known as โ€˜future sightโ€™ or โ€˜second sightโ€™, precognition is the ability to obtain information about future events that isn’t usually available.ย  Precognition can be experienced through visions, physical sensations and feelings as well as in dreams.ย  While considered quasi-scientific by some, to others precognition is a very real experience and could indicate the maturation of soulful energy.

7.ย  Retrocognition

You probably guessed it!ย  Retrocognition is the opposite of the above precognition, and refers to the ability to obtain information not usually available about past events.ย  These past events could be in your own lifetime, or sometime in the distant past.ย  Of course, retrocognition unlike precognition is not easy to prove or verify, however, for those who have genuinely experienced it (and have been able to honestly verify it), this ability could also be a sign of soulful reincarnation.

8.ย  You Feel Older Than Your Age Reflects

Some people are perpetually โ€œyoung at heartโ€ even into their later lives, and in the same manner,ย  some people just seem to have been born with โ€œOld Soulsโ€.ย  The experience of feeling older than your age reflects is commonly associated with having reincarnated many times over and this is echoed in the โ€œSoul Ageโ€ theory where there is a certain progression of soulful development: from Infant Souls, to Awakened Souls.ย  For example: if you have reincarnated few times on earth, this would be reflected in the age of your energy, and in this life you will display many primitive and child-like characteristics.ย  If, however, your soulful energy has reincarnated many times over, you will display many matured and wizened characteristics (such as the ones mentioned in this article).ย  If you feel older than your age reflects you might be a an Old Soul.

9.ย  You Have a Great Affinity for Certain Cultures/Time Periods/Environments

It is said that having a great, unexplainable attraction for certain cultures or time periods is a kind of past life โ€œresidueโ€ reminiscent of a certain place, culture or environment that your soul may have experienced in past lives.ย  For instance, you may have an inexplicable affinity to Asian culture, Celtic artifacts, or the 19th century.

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10.ย  Unexplainable Fears or Phobias

As touched on in the last point, many believe that certain memories or experiences can pass on or leave โ€œresiduesโ€ in our childhoods and adulthoods from past lives.ย  Whether this is true, or is simply a form of problem bypassing, many believe that we can experience the echoes of past traumas in our own lifetimes in the form of unexplainable fears and phobias.ย  Examples can include:ย  the fear of drowning, the fear of certain types of animals, the fear of certain places, the fear of particular numbers, colors, objects, and so forth.

11.ย  You Feel as Though this Earth Is Not Your Home

The yearning to find your โ€˜homeโ€™ can be seen as a reflection of the desire to return back to the source (oneness, consciousness, divinity).ย  Many people feel this yearning to be reminiscent of an athlete running a long race and longing to reach the โ€˜finish lineโ€™.ย  In the same manner, Souls that have reincarnated many times over express this basic need for finally completing the cycle and returning home.ย  Feeling that this earth is not your home is often accompanied by chronic feelings of tiredness and wariness for life on earth.

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Could you relate to any of these signs?ย  Do you have any of your own to share?ย  I hope, if anything, this article could offer you another doorway of explanation for what you experience in life.ย  Reincarnation is a mysterious topic, and Iโ€™d love if you could share your own experiences with past lives below.

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About Aletheia Luna

Aletheia Luna is a prolific psychospiritual writer, author, educator, and intuitive guide whose work has touched the lives of millions worldwide. As a survivor of fundamentalist religious abuse, her mission is to help others find love, strength, and inner light in even the darkest places. She is the author of hundreds of popular articles, as well as numerous books and journals on the topics of Self-Love, Spiritual Awakening, and more. [Read More]

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  1. hailey says

    May 29, 2015 at 6:55 pm

    practically speaking ,I’m a very positive person but there are these SOME instances in time I feel I miss THIS some sort of a person (I don’t know who?)like I want to go and meet badly. and I often have dreams about some sort of a place I fairly know well (the dreamy is usually quite creepy as well!)

    Reply
    • Aletheia Luna says

      June 01, 2015 at 11:45 am

      Hailey, I had a similar experience when I was younger. I had this strange feeling that I was going to/had to meet someone (and that turned out to be Sol, my teacher). Rather than waiting, I would recommend opening yourself up to looking or exploring new avenues. That was how I reconnected.

      Reply
  2. Anissa says

    May 28, 2015 at 3:06 am

    I have a pretty great life. A home, loving husband and children.. I appreciate and adore everything and everyone in my life.
    But, I have this deep ache to be “Home”. I can smell the air and feel the happiness that I could have (Have had?) Also, I’ve never really connected with anyone in my life because I have always known that this is not MY life.
    This probably sounds completely crazy…. but it feels so good to finally express! Even if just to a stranger on the internet.
    Could this be a sign that I am remembering a previous life?

    Reply
    • Aletheia Luna says

      May 29, 2015 at 2:15 pm

      The deep ache to be “home” is the deep ache you have inside to reconnect with the deepest, purest core of life — to merge with what we call God, divinity and consciousness. In a sense, past lives can help us to appreciate how far we have come, but they are also a limitation. The past is the past after all: dead, extinct and gone. How can anyone “own” life when we are life itself?

      Reply
  3. Kristine says

    May 24, 2015 at 10:04 pm

    I am not sure if I am really reincarnated but when I was a child, I am with having dreams about the past, I see myself differently dressed, and I am with other people. I also see how I die in my dreams. Every night is a continuation of the other dream. I’ve been to an orphanage and our house is really ancient i my dreams. When I asked my mother if I have been there she would tell me that I am not, and what am I asking.

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    • Aletheia Luna says

      May 25, 2015 at 7:46 pm

      Only really you can know/decide Kristine. ;)

      Reply
  4. Kathy says

    May 14, 2015 at 12:53 am

    I was born into a fundamental Christian family. From as far back as I can remember, I had trouble accepting my parents faith, in spite being forced into going to church 3 times a week. I constantly questioned my parents faith, they did not like this, and I was considered to be rebellious. An outcast in my family, and left mainly my own ( I was fed, clothed and educated, but I wasn’t loved, nurtured or encouraged as an individual.) but this gave plenty of time to reflect on life. I am actually thankful for that time in my life, it helped keep my eyes open.

    Before I knew there was an actual belief in reincarnation, I knew I had lived past lives. This was not an uncomfortable feeling for me. It was something I felt to be true on a deep level. I would also have a sudden “knowledge” that I have done something before that I haven’t done in this life.

    I can relate to many of these 12 signs. I feel an affinity for other cultures. But particularly China. I am not Asian by blood at all. I believe if I ever made it to China I would find a lost part of myself. My soul feels “nourished” when I listen to Chinese music,look at their art or read their poetry. I felt never believed I belonged on this planet though. When I was 5 years old, I came to the conclusion that I was just a soul traveling from body to body.

    I hope I don’t sound brag-ish, but it was another one of those I was never introduced to at that age, I was just born believing it. I am saying these things because it seems to point at the fact that children are born with an innate knowledge that is sometimes slowly destroyed by their culture or the environment they are born into.

    I also consider myself empathic, to the point where I pick up other people’s energy. I must spend time alone in order to “recharge” and find my center again. With phobias, I am claustrophobic and don’t know why.

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    • Kathy says

      May 14, 2015 at 1:00 am

      Sorry for double post, I had some grammatical errors I wanted to change, I thought I had deleted first post, but it’s still here, sorry.

      Reply
      • Aletheia Luna says

        May 15, 2015 at 12:29 pm

        Dear Kathy,

        (I deleted one of the repeat messages, but not sure if I removed the right one or not.)

        I find your comment fascinating for it further points to the fact that as children we are often born innately understanding things about life which seem absurd to adults, but that actually make sense on a deep level. I too am grateful for the experience I had in my family even though it was a painful one. Without growing up in a fundamentalist Christian family I doubt I would be on the same path I am today, with the same insights and life experiences.

        Thank you for sharing this with us!

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  5. Larry Leach says

    May 05, 2015 at 4:18 am

    Years ago I never considered reincarnation. But once I awoke and removed my own boundaries, dreams came to me. I’ve seen several past lives and I could go on and on.
    One example that comes to mind after reading this article:
    A dream of me somewhere in South America, riding on a small motorboat. Heading home after a long trip at sea, having just left the big ship. I’m a strapping blonde man in my 30’s, handsome as can be. My friends are with me as we head to shore. We go into a small inlet and down along this river a short ways, passing some houses along the shore until we get to my house, where my wife and children wait for me inside. I have a week before returning.
    The week flies by and we head back to the ship. I like to stand on the bow of the ship. I’ve been on the water my entire life. I’m more comfortable there than on land. We arrive on this large steel ship, kinda rusty and not much to look at. We load up with supplies and start to head out. Then something goes wrong and the ship starts to sink. There’s chaos on board and I get trapped inside as it goes down.
    A sudden change of heart as my confidence on the water changes to a realization that it’s the water that
    ends my life.
    Ever since I was a child I’ve never had much interest in swimming or water sports of any kind. There’s always been some trepidation with the water. I now know why.

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    • Aletheia says

      May 07, 2015 at 9:37 am

      Wow Larry. I can identify as well. I’ve been very wary of water since childhood, and some occurrences and memories have seemed to hint that this could be connected to some past life experience.

      Reply
  6. Giovanna Rosa says

    May 01, 2015 at 2:14 am

    Luna. That name rings the bell so much, flows off my tongue like you have been my older friend centuries ago. Anyway, your post makes so much sense to me, it had evoked some memories of my childhood and when I couldn’t fit in.

    Recurring dreams have been my strongest point in my life. I would dream of a girl all the time and her hair is ink black, but she was always being chased and I had fear in my heart that she was going to die. I find myself waking up with my right hand clasped over my heart. It really hurts from time to time. The girl was very young. Sometimes I see the killer, just not his face. He’s always cloaked. I have an irrational fear of dolls, and in my dreams I always find myself at the foyer of a big, dark mansion, and to the left is a room with a cot and two dolls.
    I have the love and fascination for Grecian, Roman and Asian cultures.
    But I feel very lonely in this world, I feel isolated and disconnected from everyone, I give the best advice and yet no one listens until it happens.

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    • Aletheia says

      May 01, 2015 at 10:58 am

      Who knows? Perhaps we have know each other. :)
      Hopefully this article, the comments, and this website at large can show you that you are not as isolated or alone as you think.

      Reply
  7. Michele says

    April 15, 2015 at 1:47 am

    A lot of these describe me I sometimes feel certain presences I can not see them but the woman looks just like me but from the Victorian times I love antiques and the wardrobes they had I can sometimes feel a young male soldier with her I have been places and I’m 99 % sure I’ve been there before I feel my soul comes from that time I dream things and they come true I dreamt as a child but the things didn’t happen till I was older but I’ve seen them happen before and I notice it now . These things come to me in my sleep or as I’m awake it’s always the young adult women who looks like me walking in the forest she looks so sad she just stares like she wants to tell me something but she never does . Sometimes when I am awake I feel her with me visions in my mind but all of this comes and goes. I bought a Victorian ring from an antique store and I wore it for a while I started to feel unlike myself but when I took it off I was better as I wore it my dreams were dark and there was a fire same time period as the young girl I try to research but I come up with nothing I sold the ring bc I thought it was holding on to a soul of its own but I am sensitive to antique objects and houses that are falling apart I am often told I have an old soul and I believe it I have often been told I have sad dark eyes but I have a great personality I feel this young women was me in an earlier time had beauty and grace I also feel to this day I don’t belong here and I yearn to go back to those times

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    • Aletheia says

      April 16, 2015 at 12:37 pm

      The yearning to go back and live your life in the past is an understandable feeling, but it tends to be a form of escapism, of not embracing and accepting your life the way it is now. I’ve got caught up a lot in the past, and all it brings is pain. Feeling gratitude for everything that is right here, right now, is such a beautiful way of living life. I hope that this is something you can experience as well.

      Reply
  8. Ronald says

    April 07, 2015 at 3:59 am

    I have 10, esp. with knives, blood and ocean. I also always think of the need to travel to a place in Ireland (I’m Asian BTW) to finish something (a medieval memory). On top of that, I am very emphatic. In one memory I saw myself as a philosopher in mainland China. So many memories, so vivid and yet so comforting.

    Reply
    • Aletheia says

      April 07, 2015 at 12:04 pm

      I would be interested to know what happens if you ever do manage to travel to Ireland for the unfinished business you feel. I too feel the need to got to Ireland, but I’m not sure why exactly. Perhaps a simple desire, or perhaps something deeper?
      Thanks for sharing Ronald. :)

      Reply
  9. Lillian says

    March 09, 2015 at 4:08 am

    I can see into the future and a lot of other things on this list as well. Very nice article….so fascinating…cool.

    Reply
    • Aletheia says

      March 12, 2015 at 12:16 pm

      Thank you for reading Lillian!

      Reply
  10. Zainab says

    March 08, 2015 at 8:32 am

    Wow! this is so amazing, I have most of those traits. I always dream about what will happen the next day and it usually happens. I always felt older than my age and I’ve always been told I’m wiser than people of my age. I do have a strong intuition and it often proves to be right. I always experience moments of dรฉja vu. Seriously Luna thank you so much for this article, now i get to know myself better, million thanks!

    Reply
    • Aletheia says

      March 12, 2015 at 12:15 pm

      My pleasure Zainab! It’s wonderful that you could take away new insights about yourself. :)

      Reply
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