synchronicity
Acausal meaningful connection
Synchronicity is the occurrence of meaningful coincidences—events that seem connected by significance rather than cause.
The term comes from psychology, where it describes moments when inner experience and outer events align in ways that feel purposeful but lack causal explanation: Meeting her felt like synchronicity—I'd just been thinking about her.
The word often carries a mystical or spiritual connotation, suggesting the universe arranges meaningful patterns.
Accidental fortunate discovery
- happenstanceUnplanned circumstance
- convergenceProcess of approaching sameness
- alignmentCorrect relative positioning
- chance encounterUnintended crossing of paths
timing · simultaneity · correspondence · parallel · connection · unexpected · fortuitous · kismet
Predetermined course of events
- destinyPredetermined course of events
- omenProphetic indicator
- premonitionAdvance sense of future events
- signMark conveying information
portent · divination · oracle · augury · prophecy · cosmic · universe · karma
Mutual joining of parts
- webInterwoven filament structure
- networkInterconnected system
- tapestryDecorative woven wall cloth
- correspondenceExchanged written communication
parallel · echo · mirroring · recurrence · repetition · thread · weave · matrix
Analytical psychology founder
- collective unconsciousInherited psychological heritage of humanity
- archetypeOriginal model for copies
- psycheTotal mental life
- unconsciousNot awake or aware
individuation · anima · shadow · mandala · numinous · constellation · symbol · dream
serendipity
Accidental fortunate discovery
- happenstanceUnplanned circumstance
- convergenceProcess of approaching sameness
- alignmentCorrect relative positioning
chance encounter · timing · simultaneity · correspondence · parallel · connection · unexpected · fortuitous · kismet · providence
fate
Predetermined course of events
- destinyPredetermined course of events
- omenProphetic indicator
- premonitionAdvance sense of future events
sign · portent · divination · oracle · augury · prophecy · cosmic · universe · karma · manifestation
interconnection
Mutual joining of parts
correspondence · parallel · echo · mirroring · recurrence · repetition · thread · weave · matrix · fractal
Carl Jung
Analytical psychology founder
- collective unconsciousInherited psychological heritage of humanity
- archetypeOriginal model for copies
- psycheTotal mental life
unconscious · individuation · anima · shadow · mandala · numinous · constellation · symbol · dream
resonance
Amplified oscillation at natural frequency
- attunementHarmonious receptive connection
- alignmentCorrect relative positioning
- accordHarmony between parties
consonance · coherence · flow · rhythm · balance · unity · oneness · wholeness · synergy · confluence
- coincidencescoincidence, happenstance, fluke, serendipity, twist of fate
- New Agecrystals, auras, reiki, tarot, astrology
- Jungian psychologyCarl Jung, collective unconscious, archetype, archetypes, anima
- transpersonal psychologyCarl Jung, Abraham Maslow, Jungian psychology, depth psychology, self-transcendence
- abstract conceptsparadox, emotions, justice, truth, beauty
- paranormalghosts, paranormal, haunting, poltergeist, apparition
synchronicityasynchrony
Lack of temporal coordination
asynchronism · desynchronization · desynchronizing · out of phase · mistiming
synchronicityrandom chance
Uncontrolled probability
meaninglessness · randomness · happenstance · accident · noise
synchronicitycausality
Cause-effect connection
cause and effect · determinism · causation · mechanism · randomness