Clairtangency, also called psychometry, is the ability to receive intuitive information by physically touching an object, picking up impressions about its history, its owner, or events connected to it. A psychic with this ability may ask to hold a piece of jewelry, a photograph, or another personal item belonging to a client or a person being read for.

Through touch, a clairtangent reader may describe emotions, memories, or images they sense are tied to the object, treating it as a kind of energetic record of what it's been near or who it's belonged to.