The one thing about working with energy is that it never ceases to amaze me. One of the things I learned recently is that, like all things, our energy can shift so much that it can become the opposite of itself. I know that sounds weird but stay with me.

Everyone has an energy signature that “hums” at a certain frequency. If we’re stressed, not feeling well or working too hard, that frequency can change. Think of it as if the energy were a math integer. When we’re happy, we run at plus 1. When we aren’t happy, we hum at the frequency of negative 1. We still hum at 1, and the difference is whether it’s a plus or minus. This is not necessarily a bad thing. Overall, we want to stay on the plus side, but we can run without incident on the minus side without causing too much chaos in our lives as long as we don’t stay there and drop further on the minus side.

When using a pendulum, the side your energy is on makes a difference. Pendulums are always processing energy on the plus side. Working with a pendulum can be confusing if your energy is on the minus side of your energy swing. What happens is yes answers indicate as no and vice versa. It means the person can’t trust what they’re getting when working with a pendulum. It’s possible to get a maybe when working with pendulums, but again, if the person’s energy is on the minus side, the maybe might not work at all or cause the pendulum to either stop or continue to spin at a strange angle.

How do you fix it if you can’t get your pendulum to work?

The easiest way to do it is by asking the pendulum to clear you to work with it. It can change your polarity long enough to get your questions answered. You do this by holding the pendulum as you normally would and asking it to clear you to work and tell you when you’re clear. My pendulum will spin in a circle while it adjusts my energy’s alignment, and then it will indicate a yes when it’s done. Then I can ask my questions, and an indication of yes or no can be trusted.

I was taught this technique by a Peruvian shaman years ago and whenever I work with my pendulum, I automatically do this clearing/alignment process. This came up for me when I was working with someone I mentor on using their pendulum. We would ask obvious questions, and the answers would be wrong. At first, I thought the pendulum didn’t like them.

Pendulums are not just objects. Think of them like the wands in Harry Potter. The wand chooses the wizard. The pendulum chooses the practitioner. When I was first looking for a pendulum in my energy work years ago, the only pendulum that would respond to me was one made of sterling silver carved with the image of a woman with long hair. The top of it opens like a locket or poison ring from the Middle Ages. None of the pretty gemstone ones like Tiger’s Eye or Amethyst would work for me. They would hang unmoving in my hands when I asked them to show me a yes or no. When I picked up the silver one, it moved so fast that I almost dropped it. I got a strong yes when I asked it to show me a yes. It wasn’t the only silver one there, and for fun, I tried a couple of them. They were all exactly the same design, but none of them indicated as strongly as the first one. That’s how I knew it was mine. Long story short, make sure you pick a pendulum you’re attracted to and that wants to work with you.

Back to the polarity situation with my student. As I said, I do the clearing process automatically, so I didn’t think to tell them about it while we were working together and trying to get the pendulum to work. I finally gave up and asked my guides why it wasn’t working. I was told it was because my student’s polarity was reversed and out of alignment with the pendulum. Again, instead of relaying the technique that is a habit for me, I used my abilities to push them back onto the positive side, and the pendulum answers started making sense. My guides then reminded me of the habit I have of clearing before working with the pendulum, which makes it easy for me to get quick answers and that I need to relay that information to my student. I have since done that, and now they have no problem getting their pendulum to give correct answers to test questions and have been able to trust answers to questions when the answers can’t be immediately verified.

Let me clarify one more point. When I ask the pendulum to clear me to work, it also clears my energy to work. Our energy can get clouded with our thoughts and feelings or pieces of energy we take on from other people. The pendulum can do a mini clearing on our energy to be able to work. It’s like clearing your table to have room to put your laptop on it. Then, it adjusts your energy to work, like putting yourself in the right mindset to focus on what you have to do.

Pendulums are fantastic tools that can help practitioners in many ways. I highly recommend them, especially if you are a practitioner at the beginning of your journey and need to verify or validate what you think or feel about something. They can help guide you to something or someone for your highest good and away from things not in your best interest. It’s not recommended that you should always do what the pendulum suggests. You should always remain in control of your destiny. It can serve as a mini advisor when considering choices or looking for options. It can provide information on the status of energy when you can’t see, feel, or sense it in yourself or others. It can provide insight and direction on situations to help you make the best decision. Ultimately, it is a tool. One that will work well for most people with patience and an aligned polarity.