Can a Pendulum Be Wrong or Lie to You When You Ask a Question?

You use the pendulum to answer your questions about people, a place, an object, or the energies around you. In your esoteric practice, and more specifically in dowsing, you have legitimate questions about the answers your pendulum gives you. So let’s look together at the answers I can offer you to tell whether the divination pendulum is telling the truth, is wrong, or is lying to you.

Early in your practice, it can be hard to find reference points to turn to and build your confidence. Because in esotericism, you will never find any certainty. When using your pendulum, you need to learn to trust yourself, to let go, and to listen only to your perceptions. In a rational world where you’ve been taught to listen only to science, it’s hard to step back the right amount. Remember that in esotericism, and especially when using the pendulum, you should always keep that small share of constructive doubt that will always push you to question yourself. If you are too sure of your practice, that’s when you risk being dangerous to yourself and to the others who come to you for your services.

When is your pendulum telling you the truth?

Generally, anyone who has been working with their pendulum for a while knows that a clear answer is more likely to be reliable. So when your pendulum spins quickly in the “yes” direction, the answer is convincing and there is no room left for misinterpretation or doubt. That’s the perfect scenario. But your pendulum’s answers won’t always be so obvious.

Sometimes, especially when you are starting out, the pendulum’s answer is complicated, not fluid, and lacks clarity. There’s no way you can learn to master the divination pendulum in a few lessons. It takes time, patience, training and perseverance.

To know whether your pendulum is telling you the truth, you can tune in to one channel: yourself. That is, if deep down you “feel” that the pendulum’s answer matches your thought, or that the pendulum’s answer is this one and no other, it means you have already made progress in your esoteric learning. This can’t be taught. Little by little, you will build a kind of close bond with your pendulum, or even, in some cases, you will hear the answer in your head before it even appears before your eyes. That’s how you’ll be able to measure your progress with your dowsing tool, which reads the energies around you.

This strong inner conviction is the trigger. It’s what will make you say that you know your pendulum is telling the truth. There’s no need to look any further. Trust this indescribable feeling. You feel it, and it simply can’t be explained.

For that, the pendulum’s movement doesn’t necessarily need to be clear. You simply need to tune in to yourself to know that the pendulum’s answer is sincere and reliable.

If it doesn’t “feel” right, if something seems off and you can’t quite put it into words, ask yourself honestly: the answer doesn’t suit you, but why? Am I in the right conditions to ask the pendulum? Why does the answer bother me? What does it bring to mind? Does it echo a situation I’ve been through? Is the answer the one that ultimately makes you fear something else? Is the answer a shock, incomprehensible? In that case, you need to dig deeper and understand where this unease comes from.

When is your pendulum wrong?

No tool is ever wrong. It’s like with a printer: you can’t complain that the copy came out in color if you wanted it in black and white. There’s only one person to blame: the one using it.
In esotericism, it’s exactly the same. The only one to blame is the person at the end of the line (pun intended), namely you!

Indeed, the first person who can be the source of a problem is you. You are the one handling your pendulum, and it’s through your own perceptions that you will make the pendulum swing one way or another, which then determines the answer. Through your subconscious, you pick up the surrounding energies, and through your micro-movements, you give the answer to your questions.

Unlike Oracles and Tarot decks, the pendulum leaves a greater margin of error. A card shows a trend and is interpreted according to the context. But, short of bad faith, you can’t make the cards say anything other than what they show. Whereas with the pendulum, you handle it directly, so you can make mistakes, because nobody is perfect.

All it takes, for example, is for you to be more tired than usual, or irritated by something or someone, and the specter of error descends on you. The margin of error then grows.

To sum up, here are a few reasons that can explain why the pendulum is wrong:

• You are not in the right frame of mind to use the pendulum (stress, fatigue, irritation).
• Your setting isn’t ideal (you don’t feel at ease, you may sense negative energies around you).
• You can’t explain it, but you feel uneasy when the question is asked, and you go against your feelings.
• The client oppresses you, bothers you, crowds you: in short, you feel uncomfortable in their presence.
• You want to go as fast as possible and you jump ahead of the pendulum’s answer before it is even given.

Here are a few interesting leads to explore to understand why there is unease with your pendulum. So always trust your feelings. If a question doesn’t feel right, don’t take it on: there is inevitably a reason.

When is your pendulum lying to you?

Despite several failed attempts, your pendulum keeps getting it wrong and simply won’t comply with your requests. You don’t understand why it’s behaving this way and you need to know more. You’ve raised the questions we covered above and you’ve ruled out all the causes.

The first reason is that your pendulum is probably overloaded with energy and needs you to take care of it. It’s as if it wanted to send you a clear message: it needs cleansing! Metal and stone pendulums charge up with energy fairly quickly. Keep in mind that a pendulum picks up and absorbs the surrounding energies. Wood, on the other hand, being a very dense material, takes longer to become overloaded with energy.

So if your divination pendulum is “lying” to you, take it as a sign that it’s time to cleanse it, because it is carrying an overload that is harmful to it (and incidentally to you as well). You will then need to discharge it and reprogram it. Think of it as emptying the tank, cleaning it, and refilling it with positive, wholesome energies. A cleansing never hurts. Quite the opposite.

Taking care of your tool is essential.

Don’t hesitate to do it regularly if you dowse regularly.

Second likely reason: the technician behind it is the problem… You may have issues linked to your own aura that are scrambling the pendulum. That’s why it’s essential that you are in the right mental and spiritual conditions. Cleansing your personal energies is therefore an essential step. The clearer your personal energies, the clearer the answers you get will be.

Taking care… of yourself is essential.

Third possible reason: an entity is blocking you. It may do so because it:

• Wants to protect you from the pendulum’s answers (so you don’t have prior permission to receive the answers to your questions).
• Has deliberately attached itself to you (to drain your energy, to intrude on you, to communicate with you…). In any case, remind it that it doesn’t belong attached to you. It has its own path to follow. But above all, it has come to deliver an important message: your aura has gaps that are an open door for other entities to come to you. It’s then time to close the holes in your aura and guide this entity toward the light.
• Is blocking the pendulum: some people who practice magic have enough experience and the tools to decide to block any question that relates, closely or remotely, to them. So you might ask the pendulum about a person, and if that person has vetoed it, you’ll get nothing from the pendulum. It’s rare, but it happens.

Is the pendulum reliable?

The pendulum is reliable. You, the technician, are the main pilot. But the pendulum can be affected by factors that concern you directly:

• You need to let go completely.
• You must always remain neutral toward the question asked (no judgment).
• You must not want things on the client’s behalf.
• You must not be emotionally involved in the question.
• You must accept that sometimes the pendulum doesn’t want to answer.

In some cases, rare ones admittedly, the pendulum may not want to answer. Either because it doesn’t have permission, or because the client has already asked the question too many times, or because the question is poorly worded. In any case, you should always try to understand why the pendulum is blocked. If the pendulum doesn’t want to answer, never force it.

If, despite all our articles on the divination pendulum, you still can’t get reliable answers, you can turn to our free pendulum yes or no service, which can give you answers to your questions. You can also turn to an expert in the divinatory arts for an instant psychic reading. Some psychics use the pendulum during their webcam psychic reading, phone or email psychic reading. The psychics and mediums on Kinthia are professionals. They have been handling the pendulum for a long time and know how to interpret its swings with great precision.

Using the pendulum for love questions

Using the pendulum for love questions comes with many traps that people find hard to escape.

It’s normal that, faced with love questions, you, the psychic, find it hard to hold back. Deep down, you always want the best for your client. Telling them, for example, that their ex won’t come back or that they won’t meet someone soon is always hard to announce, both because you fear the client’s reaction and because you wish them the best. So if it doesn’t feel right, don’t do it. Always listen to your inner voice, which is your best adviser.

I also advise you never to use the divination pendulum to probe a third party’s private life without their consent. So avoid all questions like “does he love me?”, “is she in love with me?”, “has he ever cheated on me?”, “is he unfaithful to me?”. You have the right to refuse these kinds of questions, which will have a significant impact on the client, who may not be ready to receive this kind of information despite having asked for it.

Conclusion

Throughout your learning, always take care of yourself and your pendulum, and pay attention to its signs. The stronger your relationship with it, the clearer the answers will be, leaving no more room for doubt.

If you are not in the best conditions to answer (because you are emotionally absent, or because the setting isn’t right), then don’t do it. You risk doing more harm than good in the end. This kind of lack of preparation can inevitably affect the pendulum’s answers too.

Some external factors can also make your divination pendulum unreliable: surrounding entities and the energies around you can disturb the pendulum, which will give you the impression that it is lying.

I also invite you to explain to your client that it is wise never to base a decision on a simple yes/no from the pendulum. Everyone is the master of their own destiny. No choice should be made under the sway of emotions or without perspective.