Dreams have always fascinated me. Over the years I have been learning to better interpret the symbolism of my own dreams and occasionally I've had the pleasure of interpreting other peoples dreams.
I have written down some of the most unusual and vivid dreams. Others have passed out of my consciousness, perhaps to re-emerge at some later time.
Reading a book by Robert A. Johnson recently had me thinking of the the interplay between consciousness and unconsciousness. He described his own personal sense of how the ego is good for making practical small decisions, but we should always try to be alert to the guiding of our unconscious. The 'golden thread' he called it.
As I read through the book, I was surprised at the parallels in my own life. Often I have felt that when I do things in 'my own power', they seem to lead down a path of folly. I've come to treasure the synchronistic moments in my life where my destiny was changed through a single choice or a chance meeting. These are the golden thread of the unconscious guiding me to my providential destiny. A paradoxical mix of free will and providence.
I really liked your explanation (or Robert Johnson's explanation) of conscious versus unconscious guidance. It is true many of us have the tendency to live our lives through our conscious mind, or our egoic state of being. However, this 'golden thread' you speak of is undeniable when you reflect on major life decisions or moments that have altered your path (perhaps to bring you on the path that serves you best). Perhaps the unconscious mind is connected to our intuitive abilities? Or that could be another kettle of fish all together....
Robert Johnson takes much of his understanding from the studies of Carl Jung. For Jung, there is a collective unconscious that is trans-personal (which I take to mean beyond the individual expression of personality).
It springs from our biological nature and expresses itself in broad brushstrokes through the consciousness of all individuals while being independent of them. I guess it could be said that the intuitive part of the individual is able to connect with this transpersonal unconsciousness. It plays out in archetypal being. Intuitively we understand the archetypes of mother, father, and child. It springs from our biology without the necessity for conscious thought (assuming we are not disconnected from ourselves by some trauma).
So I would say, yes, our intuition springs from the Unconscious with a capital U. A universal unconsciousness.
You seem to have an understanding of it already. I've been exploring it for a few years now. Mainly because as I was introduced to the subject of Jungian psychology and some of Jordan Peterson's lectures on YouTube, I began to see how I had been going through the whole process myself, but had never described it in words and made it concrete. It had been an organic experience that came about through my own personal struggle with Truth and where it resides.
As I read Johnson's book it reinforced the idea that the answers always lie within. The intellectual argumentation is interesting, but it is more of the ego at play. The introspective search for internal wisdom and mastery reveals everything I need to know, at the times I need to know it. The responsibility is for me to maintain awareness. To have my eyes, ears, and senses always listening, looking and adapting to my present circumstance. Watching for where the 'golden thread' is leading me.