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Using A Pendulum For Divination To Gain Insight And Clarity

Using a pendulum for divination can be a meaningful and intuitive way to gain insight and clarity on personal questions and decisions. To begin, choose a pendulum that resonates with you. These are often made of crystals, metal, or wood, with popular options like amethyst, quartz, or rose quartz known for their energies. The shape of the pendulum is less important than your connection to it. Before use, cleanse the pendulum by placing it under moonlight, smudging it with sage, or rinsing it with saltwater, depending on the material. Create a serene and distraction-free environment for your practice. You can light a candle, play soft music, and ground yourself with deep breaths or a visualization of roots connecting you to the earth.

Before diving into divination, you’ll need to program your pendulum to understand your "language." Hold it by its chain or cord, letting it dangle freely, and ask it to show you a "Yes." Observe the movement—it might swing back and forth, side to side, or in a circle. Then ask it to show you a "No" and note the motion. Confirm the pendulum’s responses by asking simple, obvious questions, such as “Is my name [Your Name]?” Once the pendulum’s signals are clear, you can begin asking your own questions.

Divination With A Pendulum

When using the pendulum, frame your questions clearly and concisely, aiming for yes/no answers. For example, instead of asking "Should I move?" you might ask, "Is moving to [specific place] in my best interest now?" Stay focused on one issue at a time and ensure your intentions are clear. Keep in mind that strong emotions or a desire for a particular outcome can influence the pendulum, so aim to stay neutral. If you're unsure of an answer, repeat the question a few times to check for consistency. Trust your intuition during the process, as the pendulum often serves as a tool for your subconscious mind to communicate.

You can use a pendulum for a variety of purposes, including gaining clarity on personal or spiritual matters, making daily decisions, weighing options, or checking energy blockages and aligning chakras. Regularly cleanse your pendulum to maintain its energy, and store it in a pouch or sacred space when not in use. Building a relationship with your pendulum takes time and practice, so use it frequently and develop trust in the process. With patience and consistency, this tool can become a valuable part of your spiritual practice. 

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Using a pendulum for divination really works! - by Shona Williams Connecticut USA
Since I started using a pendulum for divination, my life has transformed in ways I never imagined. At first, I was skeptical, but by following the steps to cleanse, program, and connect with my pendulum, I quickly built a deep trust in the process. It has become my go-to tool for clarity and guidance on important decisions. Whether I’m seeking insight on personal relationships or exploring my spiritual path, the pendulum helps me tap into my intuition and find the answers I need. It’s like having a quiet, wise guide by my side every day! Thank you for your tutorial.

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Fortune Telling Techniques For Using A Pendulum For Divination

Using a pendulum for divination is one of the easiest ways to develop your intuition and psychic perceptions. Do not underestimate its usefulness and power. When all else fails, your pendulum will help you find the right questions as well as providing true answers. You may have heard of fortune tellers 'dowsing' the sex.* of an unborn child with a wedding ring on a piece of cotton - this is exactly what I am talking about. *(Circular for girls, back and forth for boys).

The pendulum consists of a weight on a piece of thread no more than 30cm (1 foot) long. Everybody has their own preference of what to use for the weight, a gold ring being very popular. In fact many people call this procedure - "asking the ring". Some people prefer a small mounted crystal, but keep the weight down for a better response.

An advantage of using a crystal for pendulum divination is that it does not tend to twist and spin on the thread. A little experimentation will sort out what works best for you. The preferred length of thread and the size and type of the weight are your personal preferences.

Once you have your pendulum, you need to find what the response of the pendulum is going to be for you. It is different for each of us.

The usual three responses, when using a pendulum for divination, are:

  1. Yes
  2. No
  3. Don't Know (maybe)

In answer to each of these question, the pendulum will either :

pendulums for divination
  • Swing in a clockwise circle
  • Swing in an anti-clockwise circle
  • Swing from side to side
  • Swing back and forth
  • Remain stationary

Practice using a pendulum for divination until the answers for yes, no, and don't know are strong and clear.

You may request that the pendulum react more strongly and more clearly as you talk to it. For instance: louder, stronger please.

Find your preferred way of asking questions when using a pendulum for divination. Some options are:

  • "Pendulum please tell me ...."
  • "Inner mind, inner mind please tell me ......"
  • "Spirit Guides please tell me ...."
  • "Higher Self please tell me ...."
  • "Lord of the pendulum please tell me ...."

How to start using your pendulum for divination

First bless (cleanse) your pendulum. This is simply showing respect to the Universe for its guidance.  Hold the pendulum and wait until it is perfectly still. 

Now ask the pendulum .... “please tell me the answer for yes”.

If necessary keep repeating the question until the pendulum begins to swing strongly. Now you have your yes answer. Repeat the procedure to obtain your answers for no and don't know. Practice using a pendulum for divination until your answers are coming strong and clear. If the pendulum decides it has had enough ie. indistinct or no answers, put it away until later.

Once you are getting clear answers, try it out on some questions to which you know the answers.

Now we are ready to use our pendulums for divination. As with all methods of prediction, you must be prepared to accept the answer, whether you like it or not!

In fact the pendulum does not fail to give correct answers; it is our minds trying to influence outcomes giving confusing signals. You will achieve an accuracy with your pendulum better than 80 percent and can be as high as 100 percent.

When using a pendulum for divination your questions must be:

  • Simple
  • Clear
  • Direct
  • Unambiguous

If necessary break you question down into a number of simpler questions.

If you are in any doubt as to the accuracy of an answer, try asking the question(s) in another form. Do not use negative or double negative questions or any other forms of trick questioning as they will not give results. Possibly one of the greater benefits of pendulum scrying is that it teaches us to frame questions in a clear and precise manner - to analyse and simplify situations and desires.

If you are working on personal problems, say trying to dig out a buried trauma, first ask the pendulum if it can find the problem. If the answer is yes, then structure your questions to zero in on the event.

The pendulum is often very helpful in finding something your have misplaced, (nothing is lost until you begin to look for it).

Some things are generally out of bounds. Like the winner of a horse race, the lottery numbers etc. But psychics do win the lottery from time to time. Be aware that you are competing with many vested interests and may be infringing on all sorts of free will using the pendulum for such purposes.

Likewise, the occurrence of future events, ie. "Will such and such happen in my life?” While fortune telling can be fun, it may be problematical because you have free will to alter your course.

Dowsing - using the pendulum for finding water, minerals or places on a map are an extension of divination. Once you can use a pendulum you can usually at least dowse for water, although my personal preference for finding water is using the dowsing rods.

Another use for the pendulum is its usefulness as an Applied Kinesiology tool.

  • The answers a kinesiologist gets by testing your body's responses to questions and stimuli, can be produced just as well by your pendulum. One word of caution though, any attempt at self-diagnosis requires the knowledge to make that diagnosis.

Once you become proficient using a pendulum for divination, your psychic perception improves and you will notice that the answer to your question has popped into your mind as soon as you ask the question, before the pendulum has a chance to react.

This is where we are headed. Your intuition has at that point become clear and ever present, and you have achieved the level where - when you find the question, you know the answer.

An interesting alternative to using a pendulum for divination is to use your whole body as a prediction tool. There are, after all, situations where it is inconvenient to get out your pendulum to sort something out. If you let your body sway very slightly back and forth for yes and side to side for no, you can use yourself for pendulum divination wherever you go!

Author - Richi Who

The Late: Richi Who

I first met 'Richi Who' (AKA Richard Philippe) in 1986 when I had moved to Magnetic Island in Queensland. Richi was leading a mystical, monkish, life at the time. He was living alone while caretaking the solitary house at Arthur Bay for its owner, the late, Sid Ward.

Richi became an integral part of my own spiritual initiation and was to become my psychic guide. His late-night mystic sessions on Arthur Bay filled my life with wonder while opening doors to other worlds.  

Richi later became the first psychic reader I retained at my Ancient Wisdom Center and we stayed friends ever since.  Sadly Richi Who passed away in 2013 while on holiday in Europe. Happily he has since reconnected and is now one of my highly evidential spirit guides.

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