The Musical Kabbalah & Sacred Geometry of The Solar System
The Sacred Geometry of our Solar System
In this article, we explore a model of the planets as musical strings for our Solar System, held in place by the Sun, which in turn is held in place by our central black hole, like on a fretboard. And then, by extension, from the central black hole to the whole Universe via its singularity, which connects it to the big bang and, by here, back to the entire universe.
As well as considering them as musical strings, we may also see them as balance points. As strings, they provide a focus. The speed of the orbiting planets measures the meter of the scale. They are ‘tuning’ time. You can also alter the mode of the scale of the planets. At the same time, this focus is local, regional, everywhere, now, before and then.
Listen to Paul singing Blackbird here. His fingers play the planets on the fretboard. The song is beautiful because it expresses the unified souls, in our model, the all-giving Sun, the brotherly love of four very special men from Liverpool.
If visualised as an eye, the Earth’s position is the retina of this eye, which oscillates backwards and forwards each daily cycle. The Sun is at the centre of the pupil. If we think of the model as a radio, then the Earth is the radio station we are tuned into at any given time, an Earth-centred Solar System.
Principles
This is a geometric model.
The geometry assumes, at least locally with respect to the Solar System, that time does not exist and that, rather in each moment, from our vantage point, that we see all things at once.
Our view is of the whole Solar System and to some extent, the Milky Way Galaxy as well. We have a “static” view of this geometry and a “moving” view. This is to say we have a “static view of eternity” and a “moving view of eternity”. The Sun is also a planet in our model by the “central” one.
If our perspective is from the Earth, we get the shape of sound.
If our perspective is from the Sun, we can generate the frequencies of the sound, in a minor pentatonic scale to be precise.
We will explore this in more detail later.
Correspondences
The Sun is figuratively the midpoint of the pupil. Mercury is perhaps figuratively the size of the pupil. Venus is figuratively the iris. The Earth focuses on the figurative lens. Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune are the combined structures of the eye posterior to the lens. Their combined function is to “construct” the final image we see (or “hear”).
The Solar System, as viewed from a fisheye lens, from your point on Earth at midday, the Milky Way galaxy in the background
If this eye looks up, the Sun aligns more closely with the centre of the Galaxy. Try it for yourself!
The Earth as a Moving Image of Eternity
The Planet Year “Sound Frequencies” of our Solar System
If we assume that time does not exist, in the sense that it is either standing still or moving very, very, very fast, then from the Sun’s perspective (and therefore all photons in the galaxy/universe), the planets would either be silent or singing a frequency of the progression: 4.0, 1.5, 1.0, 0.5, 0.0. The frequency of the planets increases the closer you are relative to the Sun.
The progression of 4.0, 1.5, 1.0, 0.5, 0.0 could potentially fit well in a pentatonic scale. The pentatonic scale is a five-note scale that is commonly used in a variety of musical styles, including folk and popular music. The notes of a pentatonic scale can be arranged in a specific pattern, such as 4.0, 1.5, 1.0, 0.5, 0.0, which is known as the “minor pentatonic” scale.
The Sound Envelope of the Earth-Centred Solar System
Now, if we look at the same mathematical ratios as we did with the Sun-centred ratios that gave us the musical frequencies, we get the above curve. From right to left this envelope is called: Attack, Decay, Sustain, Release
This profile is the shape of all sounds and how a modern synthesiser creates a new sound.
Ancient History and Pentatonic Scales in Music
It is believed that the pentatonic scale was used way back in ancient times. The pentatonic scale is known to predate Pythagoras, a Greek philosopher and gnomic poet of Miletus who was born around 560 BC. Historical musical instruments such as bone flutes were made out of the bones of birds, likely due to the hollow bones of birds for sound. These musical instruments were found to be tuned to the pentatonic scale, with the theory that they are about 50,000 years old.
The number five is important in relation to ancient history due to several interesting facts:
- The number five was considered the “number of man.” During ancient times, artists like Leonardo da Vinci illustrated this type of five-pointed stance in his work, “Vitruvian Man.”
- Pythagoras and the Pythagoreans wore pentacle-shaped jewellery with words like “health” on it, translated from Greek.
- The forming tones of the pentatonic scale were derived from a concept of the solar system and its five planets by Pythagoras in his theory called “Music of the Spheres.”
(from Live About dot com an article by Espie Estrella)
This Celtic Song was written in the Scale of the Solar System
The House of the Rising Sun is written in the scale of the Solar System
This Anglicised version of a folk song was written by Newton (the louder the volume, the better)
Other songs were written in the scale of the Solar System
Here are a few examples of folk songs that use the minor pentatonic scale:
- “Black Mountain Side” by Led Zeppelin
- “Tom Dooley” by The Kingston Trio
- “House of the Rising Sun” by Traditional
- “Freight Train” by Elizabeth Cotten
- “Wildwood Flower” by The Carter Family
- “The Wagoner’s Lad” by Traditional
- “All Along the Watchtower” by Bob Dylan
The Musical Kabbalah of Lichfield Cathedral
Dr Nick Stafford
Lichfield Cathedral — A Theory of Everything
Unicordia Forest Publishing UK
“Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines”, Shakespeare. Sonnet 18.
