For the last year or so I have been performing Astrological Sound Baths, called Planetary Soundscapes, in London, Glastonbury and in Peru. But what is an Astrological Sound Bath? What connects sound with Astrology? What makes it different from a regular sound bath? and How can it benefit you?

I have, at separate times, trained in sound healing, spiritual healing and astrology. The first two go naturally hand in hand, but I had not considered introducing the powers of astrology into my sound healing until I discovered The Cosmic Octave by mathematician and musicologist Hans Cousto. 

Cousto had discovered the mathematical formula for calculating the precise frequencies of planetary movement and how to express those frequencies as musical notes. Something that had been only theorised all the way back to the days of Plato.

It inspired me to curate a set of crystal singing bowls that corresponded to the tones of the Planets, ranging from a 2nd Octave B to a 5th Octave C#. The bowls are an eclectic mix of 13 frosted, fusion, clear quartz and alchemy. Even if two planets have the same note, the different type of bowl used gives them each their own unique sound.

Playing an astrological sound bath, in my methodology, is different from a chakra based sound bath. Astrology is the study of the impact planetary patterns has on our lives. When two planets are in alignment their influence is combined, forming an astrological harmony, if you like. 

If, like now at the time of writing, Venus and Neptune are in conjunction (in the same position in the sky) then that influence can be expressed by playing those two bowls simultaneously as a harmony and we feel that planetary power resonate as the sound harmony. Similarly if, as now, the Sun is in Aquarius, that influence is expressed by combining the tone of the Sun with the tone of Uranus (the ruling planet of Aquarius).

Different influences apply with different types of aspect, such as if planets are 90˚ apart (squared) or 180˚ (opposite). I play the different type of aspects by using different playing styles, like drumming the bowls or chiming them.

My astrological sound baths seek to map the astrological energies of the moment, caused by the motion of the Planets, and reproduce them as meditative sound journey. This allows us to feel the resonance of those astrological influences in microcosm and attune ourselves to the guidance of the Planets at a cellular level.

The most exciting thing about this approach is that the planets are constantly in motion and some (like the Moon) move quite fast. This means each astrological soundbath is unique. What I play one night will never be able to be played again as the planets will all have moved on.

Sometimes there are fun implications, like the times I was asked to do a birthday party sound bath, playing the birth chart of the birthday girl! But it also has healing applications in one to one sessions.

The influence of different planets map very closely to the chakra system such as using the Mercury bowl on the throat chakra, or Venus for the heart. And astrology was used for hundreds of years in conventional medicine up until the 19th century, with the position of the different planets having a corresponding influences on organs in the body.

I had a client recently who indicated she wanted me to concentrate on her heart during a healing due to a recent break up. So I was going to work with Venus and its aspecting planets. Then she changed her mind and asked me to focus on bladder issues she’d been having. So I consulted my medical astrology notes and, of course, the planet that corresponded to the bladder system is Venus! It brought it all back to the starting point of my spiritual healing days and how our emotional and physical issues are interrelated and resonate. 

Astrology is not just a productive tool for fortune telling horoscopes. The planetary patterns form a type of road map for our lives, based on our birth charts, helping us understand how we behave and react to events in different parts of our lives. And an astrological soundbath or one-to-one healing can provide a resonance to help us align ourselves to those planetary influences that guide us though our lives.

If you would like an Astrological Sound Bath or one-to-one healing session designed for your personal Astrological reading, please get in touch.