Astral Perception

What Dean sees.

What Crowley sees.

Astral perception or supernatural perception is the ability to perceive what would normally be invisible to humans such as ghosts and reapers, as well as things like atoms. Certain monsters are normally invisible to humans unless they wish to be seen. Some magical sigils are also invisible to humans. Angels can see the true faces of demons in a vessel, and demons can tell if a human is possessed by an angel and can see hellhounds without Hellhound Glasses. Other supernatural beings like deities and fairies possess astral perception as well.

It is possible for humans to gain the ability to see Fairies, and thus a limited form of astral perception, by going to Avalon.

Beings with this Ability

• Primordial Entities
  • The Darkness
  • God
• Angelic Beings - Angelic beings such as angels are able to not only see and perceive a celestial's true face and form, but they also have a special ability to hear a form of angelic communication that is commonly called "Angel Radio" which can be used by angels to communicate with each other. They can see what an angel looks like beneath the vessel that they are possessing. All angels can sense prophets.
  • Archangels
  • Seraphim
  • Regular Angels
  • Cherubim
  • Nephilim
  • Reapers - They can see ghosts (mostly), other reapers, demons, angels and other beings in The Veil.
• Higher Beings
  • Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
  • Leviathans - Limited, they can sense demons and angels, but not ghosts.
• Deities
  • Atropos
  • Vesta
• Demons
  • White-eyed Demons
  • Princes of Hell
  • Knight of Hell
  • Crossroad Demons
  • Black-eyed Demons
• Fairies
• Ghosts
• Certain Humans - Some special humans have the ability to perceive angels' true forms. Humans using Astral projection also have this ability.
  • Damned Humans - Can see demons when on the verge of being sent to Hell.
    • ​Dean Winchester - Was able to see Ruby and Lilith's true face when was about to die due to his deal. He was also able to see Fairies, and Zanna.
  • ​Special Children
    • ​Sam Winchester - Was able to sense the aura of demons. He could see Zanna after Sully let him.
  • ​Deal-made with fairies
    • ​Mr. Brennan - The watchmaker said he could see the fairies in his shop.
  • ​Psychics - To some degree.
    • ​Pamela Barnes - She could hear Castiel's true voice with no harm, although his true visage caused her eyes to burn out.
  • ​Witches - Through clairvoyance.
    • ​Rowena MacLeod - After unblocking her powers, Rowena has shown the ability of seeing Reapers at will.
  • ​Drunk People - In order to be able to see and hear a Shojo the person must be drunk.

Objects with this Ability

• Hellhound Glasses - Makes Hellhounds visible to whoever wears them.