THINGS I’VE LEARN ABOUT GYROMANCY FROM PRACTICE
I’m in the personal habit of using the Cup of Destiny gyromancy chart every weekend, to see how things will fare for the coming week. It’s fascinating to watch, as once you set the top spinning (or gyroscope, or coin), you have no control over where it travels. That’s assuming you don’t jiggle either the chart or the table while the top is traveling, or send powerful mind-vibes about what symbols on the chart you want it to hit. I would describe the experience as a feeling akin to table-tipping, if I’d ever practiced table-tipping–that sense of the uncanny at work. The regular practice of chart-gyromancy with the Cup of Destiny chart has taught me a few lessons about how to interpret a gyromancy chart’s results.
The choice of spinning object can convey a message about the outcome. I purchased a set of five Foreverspin™ tops for the purpose of chart gyromancy. A rather expensive toy, but if you’re going to practice chart gyromancy seriously, it is worth considering purchasing or creating a first-rate spinner. These tops are of varying weights. I normally use the aluminum top, which is the lightest-weight top. Every now and then, however, I feel impelled to go with a heavier-weight top, such as the titanium one. Once in a great-while, my intuition will tell me to go with either the copper (love/emotion-related matters) or the gold-plated top (success-money-ego matters).
If you have a variety of tops and feel impelled to go with a heavy one, then there are likely very few symbols the top needs to visit. The message is either very simple, very important, or both. With the heavy-weight tops, I’ve noticed it’s more likely for it to spin in the middle on nothing for most of its spin, then suddenly sail off to land on one or two symbols.
If using a lighter-weight top, then the energies are likely more variable and mobile. A lighter-weight top can hit one symbol, travel to another, veer back to the first symbol, then sail off to another part of the chart and land with the base-tip on one symbol, and the edge on another, in which case, both symbols are part of the outcome.
But really, you don’t need a fancy, schmancy set of tops like in the picture above. If you’re the sort of talent who can spin a coin on its edge, that’ll do fine. But the weight of the coin you use may follow the same general principles I just outlined above.
The spinning object can effectively spell-out a sentence. Even if it’s a symbol chart and not an alphabetic chart you’re using, the meanings of the symbols, when strung together, convey a coherent message. For example, I recently had the top make a strong feint toward Chiron, cross solidly over Pluto, then land squarely on Club. Translating Chiron-Pluto-Club into meanings, I read this as ‘healing and transformation will come from addressing practical matters and communicating effectively with others.’
Feints, stalls and ‘pointing’ behavior can be taken into consideration in your interpretation. Sometimes the top won’t touch on a symbol, but it will make a momentary ‘feint’ toward it, or hover near it before moving on. That movement can mean the symbol’s meaning is a factor here, but not the most important one. Sometimes the top will not only move to stand over a symbol but ‘stall’ on it, spending some length of time on it before moving on. Take that behavior of your spinning object as really emphasizing that symbol’s importance in your interpretation, a ‘pay attention—this is important!’ sort of message. Sometimes your spinner won’t land on anything or cross anything. After spinning in the middle of the chart, it will simply stop and fall on its side, pointing to one symbol in particular. In which case, there’s your one and only answer.
For the curious, or those who want their memories refreshed, the Cup of Destiny PDF is below: