Choose a pendulum that you connect with. They come in a variety of materials ranging from crystals, wood, plastic, and metal. You can even find simple instructions for creating your own pendulum online.
Make sure that your arms and legs are not crossed when using your pendulum. Closing yourself off in this way can block your energy and affect the pendulum’s answers.
While sitting, place the end of the string or chain in your hands and place your elbow on a table so it’s steady.
Next you’ll need to determine how your pendulum will answer your questions. I like to start by writing out these phrases on a piece of paper: “yes,” “no,” “I don’t know,” and “I can’t say.” Then I’ll hold the pendulum over each phrase and ask it what does “yes” mean and see what its reaction is. If it gives a clockwise turn, I’ll write down “clockwise” under “yes”. Continue for each phrase and be sure to test your pendulums response to each phrase a couple of times for accuracy.
Start by asking your pendulum simple questions that you already know the answer to, like “is my hair blonde?”. Once you’re used to how your pendulum responds you can start asking other questions, keep in mind your questions must be able to be answered by yes or no.
Avoid asking your pendulum questions if you already have a strong pull towards an answer. Remember, your pendulum is pulling from your inner self, so if you already feel strongly about something, it is likely that your pendulums answer will be swayed towards what you want.
Finally, always use your pendulum for good, but I know you will
source https://zennedout.com/pendulums-connecting-higher-self/
“So if you’re having trouble with pendulum dowsing, read on.…because below I have compiled a list of these pitfalls and how to get past them, not just as a resource for my students, but in case any dowsing beginners out there may find them helpful.
Dowsing Pitfall #1: My pendulum swings too slowly/the movements are too small for me to make them out. What is going on?
It actually very common & normal when you’re a beginner for your pendulum to take a wee while to move initially. It usually gets quicker, the more experienced you are. However, if you want to speed it up, or your pendulum movements are too small to discern – here are a few tips to help you (- please note that the solution for both of these problems: the pendulum moving too slowly, and the movements being too small almost always have the same cause.)
1. Relax your arm!
Often when the movements are too small or slow, it is because your arm is tense, and it is making it difficult for the movements to come through. This is often connected to some worry around ‘getting it right’. So try relaxing your muscles – you’re not going to get more accurate answers by clenching your arm.
Here’s a relaxation exercise you can do before dowsing: clench every muscle in your body really hard (including your insides, your pelvic floor, and your face – don’t do this in public or around other people as it can look really funny!)
Hold that for 10 seconds and then let go. You will now be slightly more relaxed than you were before. Do it a few times if necessary.
2. Make sure you’re holding your pendulum in the right place
What beginners sometimes do is hold their pendulum close to the end of the string – at the top:
And that’s not good because the movement of the pendulum is going to be too slow if you hold it all the way up here.
So the ideal place to hold your pendulum (to have sufficient control of it) is about half way down the string (about 6 inches from the pendulum). You can see some little knots I have tied for myself around the place I like to hold my pendulum.
You don’t want to hold it all the way down the string near the pendulum, either. In the middle is best – holding it at either extreme is not good because it can either slow the pendulum down or it’s just so close that it’s very fast.
3. Support your arm properly
Rest your elbow on something. If not, you can end up clenching your arm muscles to support the pendulum, and that can lead to smaller or slower movements. I usually rest my elbow (the elbow on the arm I am using to dowse) on a table.
Pendulum Dowsing Pitfall #2: I ask my pendulum a question, and sometimes have the answer pop into my head before the pendulum responds! It is quite off-putting – it makes me feel like I am making the answers up, and my thoughts are taking over?
Actually, it IS totally normal to have the answers pop into your head before the pendulum has time to respond. This frequently happens to my students – it means you have some claircognisance and that is kicking in. It doesn’t generally mean your thoughts are taking over.
Pendulum Dowsing Pitfall #3: I am getting conflicting answers through my pendulum that make no sense?! For example, I get ‘maybe’ for a question that it makes no sense to get a ‘maybe’ for!
Five possibilities I can think of:
1. It could be because you asked a question that was not a ‘good’ one.
These ‘bad questions’ include questions like, ‘when will I meet my soul mate?’ (future prediction questions – see my thoughts on those, here.) They also include questions like ‘Should I take this new job I’ve been offered?” (‘should’ questions are problematic, too, for a different reason.) I won’t go into all the scenarios where your question might be a bad one, but for more on how you can phrase your questions to get the answers you want, you might like to check out this article. We also cover this in depth in my Intuitive Awakening Course.
2. Another common reason why your pendulum is not cooperating is because you did not quiet your mind before dowsing.
This is important to do because the pendulum doesn’t just respond to your questions – it also responds to your thoughts!
So sometimes your pendulum can seem to do something a little bit crazy, like responding to a question in an erratic way or in a way that doesn’t make sense. It can sometimes be because you’re having a thought in addition to asking the question. The pendulum is responding to the thought as well as the question.
To give you an example of what this might look like, let’s say that you’re dowsing and you ask a question. But maybe you’re quite hungry and you just have this thought about dinner coming into your mind.
Now, as funny as that sounds, your pendulum is going to respond to that thought just as it would respond to a question. This is because we can either ask a question out loud or we can use our inner voice inside our head. And it’s the same as just having a thought. So your pendulum is going to respond to whatever is going on in your head. So, you do need to be aware of that.
Obviously, the ideal state is to not have any thoughts coming in at all. But I don’t expect you to achieve that because it’s a little bit difficult to have a completely still mind while you’re dowsing. Just for you to be aware of it anyway if your pendulum does behave a little strangely, that’s probably what it is.
4. You’re way too attached to the answer
Another possibility for getting conflicting answers is that you are too attached to the outcome, so you are making the pendulum swing a certain way. If that is the case, leave the question alone until you have found a place of not caring about it as much. Sometimes, even after thousands of readings done for clients, sometimes I can still find it hard to get answers about things I really, really want. It’s hard to be objective about those things, so don’t sweat it if you find yourself in that position. Leave it alone for a few days, and come back to it when you feel differently. Or alternatively, have someone else read for you.
5. It doesn’t serve you to have the answer to your question right now
Finally, if you are getting conflicting answers, ask your Higher self“Does it serve me to have the answer to this question right now?” If you are asking about something and it is not good for you to have the answer right now (for example, knowing it will interfere with a life lesson you are learning), you may get misinformation or conflicting answers.
Note that these possibilities could also apply if you are attempting to channel info on any question, using a method that does not involve pendulum dowsing (e.g. channelling or automatic writing) and you’re not having much success.
Dowsing Pitfall #4: I double-checked the answers I got from my pendulum and it gave me something different the second time?! What is that about?
With dowsing, never ask the same question twice – always go with your first answer. If you start second-guessing the first answer you got, it can really mess up the whole process and bring the energy of doubt into it. Asking again is like saying to Spirit: “I’m not sure about the first answer/it wasn’t good enough – can you give me a different one?” That is not productive because you are then affecting the outcome of the dowsing, based on the answer that your ego wants.
Dowsing Pitfall #5: I still can’t get dowsing to work for me – the pendulum doesn’t respond at all, or I am still getting answers that make no sense?
Sometimes when you are not getting accurate information through dowsing, it can be because you have some unconscious blocks or fears around using the pendulum. This could come from a past life when you were killed or hurt for using your intuitive skills or spiritual guidance. Or it could just be your conscious mind telling you that you can’t make dowsing work for you.
Using one or more of the following clearing statements should help you get the pendulum to respond to your questions. I would recommend saying them out loud. (These affirmations were passed on to me by a colleague of mine):
“I release all fear of using the pendulum. I release all belief, perception, and judgement that I cannot or should not use a pendulum. I release all need and desire to believe that I cannot or should not use a pendulum. I now completely accept and believe and instruct my subconscious to accept and believe on every level of my being, conscious and subconscious, that I can use a pendulum, and that I will receive strong signals and accurate information.”
“I release all fear of answering the question. I release all resistance to the answer. I give my subconscious mind permission to answer the question.”
These statements reprogram the subconscious mind to replace fear or resistance. In the beginning, you may find it necessary to use releasing statements several times to obtain a yes or no answer from your pendulum.
If you have tried everything and dowsing still didn’t work for you – try another method of connecting with your guides, such as a guided visualisation, claircognisance or clairaudient channelling, automatic writing, oracle cards or Tarot.
source https://www.annasayce.com/trouble-pendulum-dowsing/
