Planetary Harmonics &

Neurobiological Resonances
in Light, Sound, & Brain Wave Frequencies;
Including the translation of sound to color
Copyright © 2003-2010 Nick Anthony Fiorenza, All Rights Reserved

Last update Feb 25, 2010

New sections added (especially for musicians and light-sound healers):

• How to convert musical notes to color.

• Musical notes and their corresponding colors on a Keyboard.
• The Measurement of Light, Musical composition--adjusting a musical scale to the frequencies of Earth and Venus.
• Planetary Harmonics in light, color, and sound for healing.
• Natural verses man made frequencies.
• An extensive update clarifying the Schumann Resonances.

Related Material

Planetary Bio-Harmonic Audio Meditations

Planet-Chakra Correspondences
The Emotional Tone Scale

The Measurement of Light

Converting Audio Tones to the Visible Spectrum of Light - Color

Before getting into Planetary Harmonics and Bio-harmonic resonances, let us first explore the octave of visible light, that which the
human eye sees, and its relation to sound. The octave of visible light, extending from the color red to the color violet, is forty octaves
higher than middle audio octave, that which you would hear on a piano keyboard. Light, however, is measured by its wavelength,
whereas sound in measured by its frequency.

Frequency is a measure of how many waves occur in a given moment of time. The most common unit of measure for frequency is the
Hertz. One Hertz = one cycle per second. A frequency of 60 Hertz means that there are 60 cycles occurring in one second.

If we were to raise the middle C, which has a frequency of ~523 Hertz, by forty octaves (523 times 2 forty times), we would have a
very high frequency of 5.75044581 x 1014 Hertz. That is 575 trillion cycles per second. Because of these unweilding numbers, light is
measured by the length of wave (space) rather than how many waves are occurring in a second. A higher frequency means that there
are more waves occurring in a given amount of time, thus the waves become shorter as the frequency becomes higher. Thus,
Frequency and wavelength have an inverse relationship.

Waves of light are quite short. For example, the center frequency of the color green has a wavelength that is 0.0000005132 meters
long (0.5132 x 10-6 meters). To make this easy, we measure visible light in a unit called the Ångstrom (Å) (that is a capital A with a
little circle on top). One Ångstrom = 1 x 10-10 meters (that is 0.1 nanometers). The colors of the visible spectrum are measured in
thousands of Ångstroms. As show in the above chart, the visible spectrum of light extends from about 7000 Å (red) to about 4000 Å
(violet). Also shown in the above chart are the center wavelengths for each of the seven basic colors; their corresponding audio
frequencies; and the location of the musical notes of an audio octave translated to the the visible spectrum.

Converting Frequency to Wavelength

To convert a frequency to wavelength, we divide the "speed of light" by the frequency. Conversly, to convert a wavelength to
frequency, we divide the "speed of light" by the frequency.

To convert the middle audio octave to light (wavelength) we must first raise the note (frequency) forty octaves (frequency times 2,
forty times).

Example: To convert middle C (523 Hz) its corresponding wavelength in the visible spectrum.

First we must raise 523 Hz forty octaves (523 times 2, forty times)
That = 575044581326848 cycles/sec.
Then we convert that frequency to wavelength (using the formula above)

Thus, we divide the speed of light by that frequency.

Using 299,727,738 m/sec (the speed of light at Earth's surface):

299727738 meters/sec divided by 575044581326848 cycles/sec = 5.212252192837177e-07 meters => 5212 Ångstroms, which lies in
the green band of the visible light spectrum.

Thus, when we raise each note in middle audio octave by forty octaves we find its corresponding color harmonic. As shown in the
chart below, the note "G" lies in the red area of the color spectrum. The note "A" raised forty octaves lies in the orange part of the
spectrum. The note "B" lies in the lemon (yellow-green) part of the spectrum. The note "C" in the green band; the note "D" in the
turquoise-blue band; and the note "E" lies in the violet band. Notice that the note "F" lies in the far violet area of the visible spectrum.
This is near where the human eye range of color perception begins to drop off (although unique to each person). Also notice that the
note F# lies even further from violet, in the near-UV (ultra-violet) area of the spectrum. Thus (when raised 39 octaves rather than forty
octaves), it also it resides in the far-red (or near infra-red). Because of this, the note F# embraces the visible spectrum, and thus has
some red and some violet, a combination that produces more of a purple color.
Piano Key Board and Guitar Fretboard in Color

Note: Translating the colors of visible light to a computer screen or to printed document is an approximation. Keep this in mind if you
are using or printing the above chart for your personal use.

Equal Temperament, Standard Pitch A=440 Hz

Middle Audio +40 Octaves Wavelength in Ångstroms
F# 369.995 Hz 406813254963167.2 Hz (+39) 7367.6984 Å (purple / red-violet)
G 391.996 Hz 431004160041680.9 Hz (+40) 6954.1727 Å (red )
G# 415.305 Hz 456632676573511.7 Hz 6563.8697 Å ( red-orange)
A 440.000 Hz 483785116221440 Hz 6195.4725 Å (orange)
A# 466.164 512552738450571.2 Hz 5847.7443 Å (yellow )
B 493.883 Hz 543030101260894.2 Hz 5519.5419 Å (lemon )
C 523.251 Hz 575044581326848 Hz 5212.2522 Å (green)
C# 554.365 Hz 609530763532042.2 Hz 4917.3521 Å ( green-tuquoise)
D 587.330 Hz 645776164341678.1 Hz 4641.3565 Å (blue )
D# 622.254 684175508430127.1 4380.8604 Å ( blue-indigo)
E 659.255 Hz 724858538169466.9 4134.9825 Å ( violet)
F 698.457 Hz 767961593001541.6 3902.9001 Å ( far violet)
F# 739.989 813626509926334.5 Hz (+40) 3683.8492 Å (purple / red-violet)

Planetary Harmonics

The astrophysical parameters of a planet are, in part, that which create its astrological characteristic (psychophysiological resonance).
An example chart of Earth's Harmonic Spectrum is presented below. Earth's astrophysical parameters are shown translated to their
corresponding alpha brain wave frequencies, audio frequencies, and corresponding light (color) wavelengths.
The fundamental frequencies of a planet are derived from the planet's astrophysical parameters such as diameter, circumference,
rotational velocity, orbital period, etc. These frequencies generally have very long wavelengths, thus they lie in the very low frequency
(ELF) and ultra-low frequency (ULF) range. Planetary harmonics govern natural long-term biological growth patterns, monthly and
yearly biological processes, and daily brain and psychophysiological function.

Like audible sound, brainwaves are measured in frequency, were as light is measured by its wavelength. The mid-audio octave is six
octaves up from the alpha brain wave octave, and, as presented above, the visible octave of light (color) is 40 octaves up from the mid-
audio octave.
When we think of a color of light, generally we are visualizing a narrow band of many frequencies (wavelengths) that comprise a
single color or shade of color. In the chart shown above, the center frequency (wavelength) of each of the basic colors is shown, as
well as their corresponding audio and brain wave frequencies. Also shown is the conventional musical scale, which reveals where
each note lies with respect to the colors in the light spectrum.

The following chart shows the fundamental Earth harmonics in light, sound, and brain wave frequencies. All of these frequencies (and
many more) create Earth's unique "Harmonic Signature."

"Spacial" astronomical parameters, such as the distance of a planet form the Sun or Earth, its diameter and circumference, to name a
few, have harmonics resonances just like "time-related" parameters, like the orbital period of planet (its year); or its rotational period
(its day). All of these parameters create a planet's complex "harmonic signature." That is why it make little sense to say a planet
resonates with one specific frequency. The harmonic signatures of all of the planets in our solar system, as well as a myriad of ever-
changing resonances occurring between the planets, as well as those created by their ever-changing cycles with each other, create s
Grand Evolutionary Symphony in which life evolves in our entire solar system. This is the "harmonic environment" in which every
biological rhythm breathes.
The Schumann Resonances

The 7.83 Hz. Schumann Resonance figure that many people hear about is a number made popular by researcher Robert Beck whose
work on ELF signals, Earth resonances, and their affect on brain wave frequencies was presented at a U.S. Psychotronic conference
and published in late 1970's. He reported that 7.83 Hz is a brainwave frequency often detected when psychics are in their intuiting
mode. Others following his work proclaimed the Schumann Resonance to be 7.83 Hz., although this has led to some confusion as to
the true nature of the Schumann Resonances (yes plural), and to the assumption that Earth herself resonates at this one frequency,
which it does not.

In actuality, there are several frequencies between 7 and 50 Hertz that compose the Schumann Resonances. These frequencies start at
7.8 Hz and progress by approximately 5.9 Hz. (7.8, 13.7, 19.6, 25.5, 31.4, 37.3, and 43.2 Hz.). These resonances are NOT composed
of fixed or specific frequencies any more than the collective mood of human surface consciousness is fixed. Changes occurring in
these frequencies are quite normal and do not indicate anything out of the ordinary. All of these frequencies fluctuate around their
nominal values. For example, the fundamental Schumann frequency fluctuates between 7.0 Hz. to 8.5 Hz. These frequencies vary
from geological location to location, and they can even have naturally occurring interruptions.

These frequencies were first calculated by Schumann in 1952, he reporting the lowest in the group to be about 10 Hz. They were later
measured by the National Bureau of Standards at Boulder Colorado in the 1960's where the 7.8 Hz nominal figure was discovered
along with the 5.9 Hz progressing overtones.

The Schumann Resonances are the result of cosmic energy build-up within the cavity that exists between Earth's highly conductive
surface and the conducting layer in the upper atmosphere called the ionosphere.* This creates a world-wide lightning display of
broadband electromagnetic impulses that fill this cavity and that act as the stimulus for the cavity to resonate. (This is another example
of spatially created harmonic resonances.)

* A part of Earth's upper atmosphere is ionized plasma caused by the sun's ultraviolet radiation.
This layer, the ionosphere, couples Earth's outer magnetosphere with Earth's inner neutral atmosphere.

The Schumann Resonances, thus, are also a part of the many frequencies that create Earth's "Harmonic Signature."
The 7.8 Hz. Schumann fundamental frequency is quite close to Earth's 7.5 Hz. circumference harmonic (calculated using the speed of
light at Earth's surface). It is also close to 8 Hz., an ideal number from a mathematical perspective. Because of all of these factors, the
7.83 Hz. frequency, the 7.8 Schumann Resonance or an 8 Hz. frequency, had been proclaimed by some to be an ideal frequency to
attune to, and that to electronically generate a frequency in this range may even protect us from unwanted harmful frequencies--a point
upon which I, any many others, tend to differ and which I elucidate upon in the "Light and Sound for Healing" section below.

To support our greatest well being, and to make possible our evolution and spiritual awakening, we must allow ourselves (and our
brainwave patterns) to breath in concert with mother Earth and with her natural cycles moment-to-moment. The Earth is a spherical
receiver of cosmic energy (evolutionary intelligence) which directs our biological process and spiritual evolutionary unfoldment. The
Earth re-radiates the cosmic information it receives from its core outward in complex long-wave signals. We receive these signals via
our spinal columns and cranial structures (a vertical antenna system). The cranial cavity, the capstone to this antenna captures this
information and re-focuses it to the pineal gland, a neuro-endocrine transducer in the center of the brain, where it is then transmitted
(via the hypothalamus) as signals that direct the pituitary gland, the master control center of the brain. These signals are further
distributed via the rest of the neurological sytem.

Signals in nature breath and meander. Only man-made signals are well-defined sign-wave frequencies. It is possible to entrain the
brain with artificially generated signals in a matter of seconds--and at a cost. We are not intended to function at one specific
frequency. Entraining ourselves with artificially generated frequencies for extended periods, whether 8 Hz or by the 50 and 60 Hz
power fields we live in, can be debilitating and is dangerous. It can create degeneration, disease, and mental, emotional, and physical
disharmony and imbalance. Most importantly, it can keep us from receiving and integrating the cosmic intelligence provided by
mother Earth in a harmonious way. That intelligence is responsible for our evolutionary awakening. It is more important now than
ever to be attuned to Earth's core, and the natural cycles of nature, our entire astronomical harmonic environment, for our
psychophysiological stability and spiritual awakening.

There has also been rumor circulating in some esoteric circles about the 7.8 Hz. Schumann frequency increasing and that this implies a
raising of the awareness or spirituality of human consciousness. In my opinion, both points are nonsense built upon misunderstandings
about the fluctuating and multi-frequency nature of the Schumann Resonances and about the nature of frequencies in general. Even if
it were true (which would require a significant change in the physical size of the Earth or in her surrounding atmosphere), an increase
in frequency does not imply an increase in awareness--on the contrary if anything. From a philosophical perspective, if one were to
extend their field of perception out to embrace more space, one would be relaxing their brainwave patterns toward a longer
wavelength, toward zero, not increasing their brainwave frequencies. When people say, they are increasing in frequency, or increasing
their vibrational rate, and they are referring to shifting from a material form to a light form, or to a more transcendent dimensional
form, these terms (used to describe frequencies in the electromagnetic spectrum) are really inappropriately applied. They are implying
general concepts of thought only and should be understood as such.

Planetary Harmonic Comparisons

Although there are many other parameters creating each planet's "harmonic signature," the following chart is a comparison of the four
basic parameters of each of the primary planets: rotation and sidereal period (time), and circumference and diameter (space).
Corresponding brain wave frequencies, middle octave audio frequencies, and light wavelengths are shown for each planetary
parameter.
Notice the close resonance between Jupiter's circumference harmonic and Pluto's circumference harmonic, and between Jupiter's
diameter harmonic and Pluto's diameter harmonic. Astrologically, Jupiter and Pluto work well together, this being one indicator of
why this is so. The same holds true for Pluto and Mercury. Many interesting correspondences can be found when exploring planetary
harmonics. Another example is the close resonance between Mercury's rotation harmonic, and Neptune's sidereal period harmonic. An
in-depth presentation of this ressearch and work which I began in the mid-1980s, I may publish in the future.

A Fun Exploration for Musicians and Sound Healers

The following material reveals how to adjust the pitch of the conventional musical scale so it resonates to different planetary
harmonics--in this case, Earth or Venus. Composing music in a pitch resonant to Venus, for example, can bring out an entirely new
expression and an entirely new response from the listener.

The following two charts show musical octaves adjusted to the planetary harmonics of Earth and Venus. The first chart is more
educational in nature. It shows the conventional musical scale, the Pythagorean musical scale, and a musical scale shifted to resonate
with Earth's mean circumference.

The Pythagorean musical scale is simply based on whole number progression of 8 Hertz as the fundamental frequency to create the
note "C." That is, 8 Hz. raised 6 octaves is 512 Hz. This drops the pitch of the conventional musical scale--from middle C being 523
Hz. to middle C being 512 Hz. Eight hertz is very close to the Schumann Resonance of 7.8 Hz.

The musical scale based on Earth's circumference drops middle C yet further, down to 479.104 Hz.
In Tune to Venus

There are five scales in the chart below. The first one shows the conventional musical scale. Each of the other four are shifted in pitch
to resonate with four different harmonic parameters of Venus.

The scale based on the circumference of Venus has the note "C" adjusted to this harmonic. The scale based on the diameter of Venus
has the note "G" adjusted to this harmonic. The scale based on the rotation of Venus also has the note "G" adjusted to this harmonic.
The scale based on the sidereal (orbital) period of Venus has the note "A" adjusted to this harmonic.

This last scale may be the easiest for musicians to explore for reasons discussed below. This scale raises the note "A" from the
conventional 440 Hz. to 442.38 Hz. To compose music in this slightly higher pitch can provide a quite interesting experience. Because
"A" is the primary note in this scale (resonant to the Venus sidereal period), it may be of interest to explore composition in the key of
A, or with emphasis on A.
Changing the Pitch of a Musical Instrument

Obviously it is not possible to change the pitch on all musical instruments, but the pitch can be changed slightly on some reed and
string instruments, and on some synthesizers. Because the pitch is shifted the least amount based upon the Venus Sidereal Period, it
may be the easiest one for most musical instruments to easily accommodate.

More sophisticated synthesizers may provide the capacity to vary the pitch to accommodate the other scales, and some may even offer
the ability to program the frequency of each note individually (which provides a means to create non-conventional scales with the
planetary harmonics). Either way, there is the need to have a frequency readout of at least one note to adjust the pitch control of the
synthesizer. If a synth does not have this feature, it is simple to connect a "digital frequency counter" for this purpose. (Ask your local
electronics' wiz to help). To adjust an acoustic instrument, simply use a microphone (and amp if required) fed into a "digital frequency
counter."

There are many ways to explore the use of Planetary Harmonics. Applying them in musical composition is a safe approach. However,
caution should be exercised if using any electronically generated frequency for a sustained period.

Planetary Harmonics in Light and Sound for Healing

My exploratory research in the 1980's using specific colors, sound, and geometry tuned to the planetary harmonics was extremely
affective at stimulating mental, emotional, and physical response for healing purposes. The different harmonic parameters of one
planet also have different effects as well (too involved to discuss in this introductory presentation). The use of specific frequencies in
this more focused way should be explored only by those who have a thorough understanding of bio-energy medicine; light-sound
technologies; mental, emotional, and physiological correspondences; and the "healing crisis" process.

Because of the entraining capacity of single electronically generated frequencies (as described under "Schumann Resonances"), if they
are used for sustained periods, they can trigger and hold a person in any number of psycho-emotional states. For example, specific
frequencies can trigger or accentuate any "condition of weakness." If a person has a thyroid condition and suppressed anger, certain
frequencies may trigger this condition and enrage the person. If a person has a thymus (heart chakra) immune weakness and
suppressed fear, sustained man-made frequencies can trigger and hold that person in extreme paranoia. (This type of entrainment
already occurs due to the 50 and 60 Hertz electromagnetic fields people live in daily and the electronic devices they live with--
including TV's and computers.) For this reason, and when using frequencies for healing purposes, specific frequencies (especially in
coordinated color and sound), should be used in sequences or progressions designed to bring a person completely through a healing
crisis rather than simply trigger the condition, or worse yet, sustain it.

Whole brain and body resonance

Although the use of individual frequencies might be used for healing, brain and body coaching, etc. the healthy brain and body
functions in wide bandwidth of naturally occurring resonances, not at some idealized frequency.

Remember, living in a pure and unadulterated environment free of entraining frequencies, attuned to Earth, the lunar rhythms, and to
the other natural astronomical cycles of life, is one of the healthiest things a person can do.