How Not to Influence Your Pendulum When Dowsing

The pendulum is a very easy divination tool that anyone can handle without any difficulty. That is why it has become so widely used. But like anything else, you need instructions to get to know this divination tool properly and understand it better.

As a reminder, the divination pendulum is a tool that comes from dowsing (radiesthesia). Dowsing is a discipline whose aim is to study the waves all around us that we cannot perceive with the naked eye. The pendulum then becomes a valuable tool for translating the waves we don’t perceive into a clear, plain answer: yes/no/maybe. If you want an immediate, free answer, our pendulum yes or no page can help. If you want more detail, feel free to choose one of our experts for a psychic reading by phone, webcam or a psychic reading by email. Our experts also use the pendulum, as well as other tools, to give you the clearest possible answers.

Because we hold the pendulum in our hand, our body may, through tiny movements, steer it toward one answer rather than another. So you need to be careful and guard against this.

Don’t use your pendulum when your emotions run too high, so you don’t influence it

To handle the pendulum, you need to be in the right conditions. Think of an Olympic champion. If she is too tired, too worked up, too much in her own head, her performance will suffer immediately. For you, it’s exactly the same.

So if you are too upset, tired, exhausted or nervous (or feeling any other negative emotion), don’t use the pendulum. You will end up influencing its answer. You could end up even more upset by the answer, especially if it isn’t the one you wanted.

You should only use the pendulum when you are in a good frame of mind and able to clear your mind. If these conditions aren’t met, wait for a better day.

The divination pendulum’s answer about your future is clear. So above all, don’t cloud it with emotions that unsettle you and keep you from reading the future calmly.

How to deal with a negative state of mind

Accepting the emotion within you will, first and foremost, help you absorb it and therefore understand it better. See your emotion as a cloud. Don’t try to control it or focus on it in the hope that it will leave right away. It will only move on once you are able to digest it. So watch your emotion drift by like a cloud. The wind blows and will carry it away naturally.

If you really can’t shake off a negative state of mind, do something else (like exercise, to let off steam!). Then, when you feel more relaxed, you can try the pendulum again.

Never use the pendulum if you are not in the right conditions. Even if someone is pressuring you because they want their answer. What matters is that the answer is as reliable as possible, right? So if it doesn’t feel right, don’t do it. The person will understand (or not). If they don’t, it simply means they weren’t meant to get the answer through you. There’s nothing more to it.

Learn to clear your mind or meditate

We touched on this briefly above: the need to be able to clear your mind. Because it’s important to connect with your pendulum to read its answer properly, you need to be able to set your own thoughts aside. So when you handle the pendulum, you have to put your thoughts on hold.

To do that, you need to be in a calm, peaceful state of mind, where you can think only about the question on your mind.

To encourage this state of mind, we recommend turning to meditation. Meditation will help you quiet your mind, be present and tune out everything around you.

With that in mind, also think about your setting: no distractions, no noise, no harsh lighting, no tight clothing either… Feel free to burn a little incense if you like. Anything that helps you relax is worth using and encouraging, for your own comfort.

How to clear your mind so you don’t influence your pendulum

Meditation is something you learn. Nobody becomes a meditation master in 3 days. You could read every book in the world, but if you don’t practice, you won’t get there. So take your time, settle down at a suitable moment, find calm within yourself and leave your busy mind at the door. You need to take this time just for yourself, and relaxation can come at the end of the road.

The more you meditate, the faster you will be able to reach a meditative state of mind, and so handle the pendulum more easily. Experience is your greatest ally in not influencing your pendulum.

Don’t try to answer before the pendulum does

Remember, it’s the pendulum that has to answer, not you in the first place. Yet it is hard not to have a ready-made answer or to guess the pendulum’s answer in advance. You are just a simple instrument that will show the pendulum’s answer. Nobody is asking for your answer. They are asking for the pendulum’s answer.

So just think about the wording of the question. Don’t give your opinion. Stay focused on the question you are asking. Then, in a neutral state of mind, you will get the answer to your question.

It goes without saying that if you are personally involved in the question, it will be hard to show that famous neutrality. Because very often, we want the outcome to be positive for us (passing an exam, getting pregnant, finding a job, finding love…). So if you can’t find the neutrality you need, don’t ask the question. You would run a high risk of influencing the answer.

When you use the pendulum, you have to be ready for answers you won’t necessarily like…

Tips to avoid steering the answer

Simply don’t ask a question you are emotionally involved in, or one where the answer could set off a real upheaval. If you use the pendulum, you have to be ready to face answers that don’t suit you.

So if you are ready to hear anything, go ahead. If fear holds you back or it simply doesn’t feel right, don’t do it: nothing is forcing you.

Because there is nothing worse than getting an answer you are not ready to face. In any case, if you ask your question while being too involved, your body or your mind will get in the way and give you the answer you are expecting. But who will be most to blame? You, for using a pendulum to give you the answer you were hoping for, or you, for simply not following sound ethics?

If you really want an answer, ask a qualified person to do the work for you. You will then get your answer while staying “free” of the emotional weight of your question.

Keep your forearm still

The other possible influence is your own position. The position you hold can affect the pendulum’s swings.

So you should adopt a posture that won’t disturb the pendulum’s movement, which will then be freer to swing to one side rather than another.

It may sound obvious, but it can’t be said often enough.

To give your arm and forearm the best possible conditions, I recommend resting your elbow on a table where you have enough room and free space, so that the pendulum’s swings are clearer and not blocked by a glass, a pen holder…

Keep in mind that, whatever you do, it’s impossible to keep your forearm completely still. You can’t eliminate every movement of your body entirely: but you can easily eliminate some unwanted movements through your posture alone.

How to hold your divination pendulum properly

Avoid standing. Also avoid dowsing if you are not in a comfortable position.

Rest your elbow on a flat surface where you have space. Hold your pendulum in a position where you feel good. Let the pendulum hang quietly. It will first get to know the environment that has become its own. Then, when you feel ready, and it does too, ask it to show you the direction for yes, no and maybe. Then ask your question clearly.

Conclusion

In short, yes, it’s hard not to influence a pendulum. The main obstacles are often our mind, our unconscious and our posture. Once these obstacles are removed, you’ll have a better chance of not influencing your pendulum. Now you can easily answer the question “How not to influence your pendulum?”
The more favorable the conditions, the more reliable the pendulum’s answers. And for that, nothing beats experience: the more you practice, the better your chances of success.

That said, feel free to pair your divination pendulum with another divination tool for a more detailed answer. The pendulum will answer with a simple yes/no/maybe. But a divination deck (Belline Oracle, Oracle Bleu, Marseille Tarot, Chinese Tarot) can expand on its answer and give you more advice and information… The answer will then be fuller, so you can better understand the situation.