Pendulum dowsing, how to use and choose a pendulum

Posted by Sebastyn in Spiritual | 0 comments

Couple of weeks ago I got a pendulum for myself. If you are unfamiliar with it, a pendulum is any weight suspended in a string. I went with the traditional one myself, chain and a crystal, in the photograph. I am still learning pendulum dowsing, but I wanted to give you some tips on how to use a pendulum.

How to use a pendulum

It is surprisingly unimportant what kind of a pendulum you choose. I’ve tried a paper clip in a rubber band and it works as well as my pointy crystal. The difference between a crystal and a paper clip is that it would be incredibly hard using a pendulum dowsing chart with a paper clip. But to start with, it could be anything. You should choose what ever method you feel happy with, one popular make-shift pendulum is using a (wedding) ring in a chain.

How to use a pendulum for the first time

For most people, the first time you try pendulum dowsing nothing will happen. To me this was important, or I would have thought it was just my hand moving it somehow. However, some people will get it the first time, in fact, both of my friends who tried it, got it going instantly. However, you should learn fairly quickly even if nothing happens the first time. I got the pendulum in the mail around noon, and by 5 pm I got my first “swing”.

Choose a spot that is as far from all electrical appliances or power-lines as you can possibly get (within reason).

First, you hold the pendulum string between your thumb and index finger. It is important to hold it in a way that you don’t obstruct the movement of the pendulum, and if you can choose a thinner chain than the one in the picture (it came with he pendulum but I have later changed it) it would be better. A thick chain will make it hard for the pendulum to swing evenly, however it won’t matter to start with. Make sure the chain or string doesn’t fold over your fingers, but hangs directly down from your fingers. (If it happens your energies are already flowing and the pendulum won’t stop, just tell it to ‘stop’ or ‘wait’ and it should stop.)

Now, tell your pendulum to “show yes”. This will vary from person to person, but I’ve read most women receive a clockwise circle for ‘yes’, men get a counter clockwise swing, usually, not always. The important part is to find out what your pendulum thinks ‘yes’ is. If nothing happens, you can take a break and hold onto your pendulum carrying it around and tuning it to your energies, and try again a little later.

If and when you get a yes, then ask your pendulum to “show no”. The swing should change, usually going the other way in a circle than what it just did. Then, ask the pendulum to “show maybe”. If you get all these answers, then you are ready to move to the next part.

How to use a pendulum when practising

Now, you should try practising pendulum dowsing. Ask questions you already know an answer to. Good questions are: “Is my name X?” “Do I live on….” “Was I born in….” You should form the question so that the answer should be yes or no, so you get to practise both ways. Then, ask something that you ‘think’ you know an answer to, like something your gut tells you but you don’t have a factual answer to. Something like: “Can I trust my friend….” or “Is …. the right career path for me?” Your pendulum will probably give you an answer, but try not to ask a question with tons of emotion stacked on it, such as: “Does….. really love me?” because you haven’t learned the tricks to keep your own wishes, fears and preconceptions out of the picture yet. Of course you can try these questions, but don’t take the answer for god’s word quite yet, not before you do the next part.

How to use a pendulum accurately

You will get some wrong answers. That is the trouble with a pendulum, it is receptive of your own wishes, fears and all that. To remove them from the picture, you should write an agreement with your dowsing system. Yes, you got that right! There is a good basic “program” written on Letter to Robin, a basic dowsing guide for beginners. You may want to read the whole booklet, but my link points directly to the meat and bones of it, as I saw it. The program includes some terminology that you may not understand or that might not be relevant to the way you dowse, so you may want to read the book to understand what the program involves, and possibly rewrite it to suit your needs better. I personally rewrote it. The purpose of the program is to ask the dowsing system to ignore your fears, wishes, hopes and dreams, and give you the truthful answer when ever hearing the truth is for your best interest. (It isn’t always, as I’ve learned.)

How to use a pendulum wisely

Don’t jump into conclusions when you get your first answer. The trouble with your spirit guides and higher self is that they answer exactly what you ask. Be very clear in your mind about what you want to know, and form a question with a bit of thought. It is also a good idea to recheck the answer by asking a question in another way. Such as, simplified: “Is my name Riina?” (I would get) “Yes”. “Is it true that my name is Fanny?” (I would get) “No”. Also, think about alternative meanings… Such as me, I wanted to know whether a shop I needed was still in the location it used to be. I asked for it and got a “yes”. I went to see, the shop wasn’t there. Well, that’s what I thought. What my guides probably meant was that the building is still there, but the owners and what they offered was not.

Also, repeat questions another day, especially if your gut tells you there’s something not quite right.

How to use a pendulum safely (people who think it’s like an Ouija board, listen up)

Before you start, it is a good idea to ground yourself and protect yourself from malicious spirits and interfering energies. To add to that, it would be a good idea to ask your guides to protect your home. It’s simpler than you think, and I’ll just link you to a website that explains how to do both quite nicely. In short, you will connect yourself with the Earth core, and the Guides, and then create a protective shield for yourself and tell all spirits and forces not approved or invited by your guides to go away.

Sometimes you might notice your pendulum doesn’t swing as strongly as normally. You may then ask if there are interfering energies around, and you may get a yes. If that’s the case, do or repeat your protection exercise, and when finished, ask if the energies are now clear. Your pendulum should swing more ‘eagerly’.

Things to note when using a pendulum

Sometimes your guides will tell you what you need to hear instead what is the truth. I noticed this fairly fast, as my guides know me. They knew that if they would tell me the truth, I would rush into that direction so fast, that I hadn’t had the time to stop and think it through, to consider all aspects of what that truth entailed. (Typical Aries.) So, if you get an answer you didn’t expect or that you feel is false, don’t discount the whole thing but consider if there might be reasons that you had to get a false answer for your own good.

For advanced users, there are things like pendulum dowsing charts around. You can print them out online or draw them yourself (if you have a good idea on how to use them). Some of them are easy to use, some not so much (like the alphabet dowsing charts… I need some practise)! I include this information so you don’t feel like you’re forever limited to yes or no answers. Remember to always ask if you should, can or may add a new tool into the system, such as dowsing chart, and also ask if you should use the specific chart or other tool. For example my dowsing system refused to play with a certain pack of charts for some reason, they kept telling me there was something wrong with them. I still don’t quite know what was wrong, but I found another source and they’re fine with them.

What you can ask of your pendulum

First… The pendulum in itself doesn’t have powers. What moves it is your own energies guided by your spirit guides and other forces. (All of which we may not be aware of.) This means, that it won’t tell you anything you don’t have an access to, what you wouldn’t know otherwise. Often this means predictions. If you are not psychic, you won’t turn into a psychic just because you own a pendulum. You may however ask your pendulum whether or not you have psychic abilities that you’re not aware of. Even if you have psychic abilities, it might be best to ask for probabilities than actual predictions. “Is it likely / possible that this will happen?”

Whether you are psychic or not, to start with you will want to err on the side of caution, and take any responses you get with a grain of salt. As my friend told me: “Run it through your bullshit detector first”.

A good phrase…

Often, there is no yes or no answers to the simplest of questions. There’s no “good” or “bad” most of the time. So, this phrase is really good to get around that: “All things considered, is it optimal that…” That will give a basis to get the best possible answer, rather than simple yes or no.

Have fun!!

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