Four Seasons Pendulum

How to use this board

On this board, each season is a quality, not a stretch of the calendar. Spring is the urge to begin, summer is fullness, fall is harvest and release, winter is rest and roots. Ask about something alive in your life, a relationship, a project, a stage of your own: "What season is my relationship with work in?"

Calendar seasons depend on where you live. When spring arrives in the Northern Hemisphere, around March, fall begins in the Southern Hemisphere; in Buenos Aires or Melbourne, Christmas lands in summer. That's why this wheel doesn't speak to your city's weather but to the cycle of anything that's born, grows, bears fruit, and rests. In the tropics, where the year divides more into rainy and dry seasons, the reading works just the same.

When a season comes up, compare it with how you feel. If the pendulum says winter and you wanted summer, maybe your project needs rest rather than more effort. No season is better than another; they all belong to the same cycle.

The options

What each answer invites you to consider.

Spring

Spring: something is sprouting. It's a time to try, to plant, and to get things wrong without fear. Ask which small shoot deserves your care now, even if you don't yet know what it will become.

Summer

Summer: fullness and long light. What you started has shape and energy now. Enjoy it, and notice whether you're keeping your own pace: abundance wears you out too if there's no shade.

Fall

Fall: time to harvest and to let go. What fruit has this already given, and which leaves are ready to drop? Being grateful for what you received makes it easier to release what has done its job.

Winter

Winter: stillness and roots. Something that looks stopped isn't necessarily dead. Ask whether this needs rest, quiet, or patience, and what might be getting ready beneath the surface.

Frequently asked questions

What do the seasons mean on a pendulum chart?

They're qualities of a cycle: spring is beginning, summer is fullness, fall is harvest and letting go, winter is rest. Use them to ask what stage something in your life is in, not to pick dates.

Does the seasons pendulum work in the Southern Hemisphere?

Yes. Because it reads seasons as stages of a cycle rather than as months, it works the same in Canada, Argentina, or a tropical country. Just remember that on the calendar, the southern and northern seasons are flipped.

Can I use it to choose a time of year?

You can, thinking of your own hemisphere: "Which season is best for me to take this trip?" If you're after a specific month, the months board is more precise. The pendulum reflects how you feel; it doesn't predict how the trip will go.

Go deeper

• Using a Pendulum for Timing and Dates · How to use a pendulum to pick a day, a month, or the moment to take a step, with weekday, month, when, and moon phase boards, without sliding into fatalism.
• Keeping a Pendulum Journal: Record, Reread, Find Patterns · How to keep a pendulum journal: what to record for each reading, how to reread it to spot patterns and emotions, and how to use My readings on Paths.