Carmen Cicotti LMT, CAcP, Acutonics Senior Faculty
As I write this in the days leading up to the election, I feel the weight of anticipation in the air. By the time this reaches you, the results will be known, and a season of change will be underway. Acutonics, with its deep connection to frequencies, intervals, and archetypes, offers us tools to navigate these times, helping us find clarity, balance, and resilience in times of transition. The wisdom of the Metal Element teaches us to release, refine, and prepare for what lies ahead and encourages us to engage with the world while maintaining integrity and flow and moving with ease between what we choose to hold and what we’re ready to let go of.
Frequencies: Harmonizing the Flow Between Worlds
In Acutonics, frequencies bridge our inner experiences with the world around us, connecting us with the universe’s seen and unseen forces. The archetype of Mercury, corresponding with the lungs, embodies this fluid movement, helping us transition between physical experience and higher consciousness. As the messenger, Mercury enables us to exchange energy with the universe in harmony, taking in what nourishes and releasing what no longer serves. Neptune—the shape-shifter—dissolves boundaries and connects us with intuition, imagination, and spirit, offering both challenge and beauty in spaces where structure fades and intuition deepens.
Intervals: Bridging the Internal and External
In Acutonics, intervals represent the spaces between states of being, the moments where integration between the worlds and transformation occurs. The Metal Element holds this interval between inhale and exhale, receiving and releasing, and balancing inner needs with outer engagement. When balanced, Metal helps us move between Mercury’s clarity and Neptune’s dreamlike fluidity.
Intervals like Ohm/New Moon 5th and Ohm/Neptune 5th offer grounding and openness, supporting the letting go of the season and the transition toward winter’s wisdom. Microtone intervals like Ohm/Mercury microtone and New Moon/ Neptune microtone offer subtle shifts that help us navigate the spaces between boundaries, enabling us to step forward into what lies ahead with clarity and resilience.
Archetypes: Guiding the Journey
In addition to Mercury and Neptune, the Metal Element aligns with the Alchemist and Judge archetypes. The Alchemist, much like Mercury, transforms experience into wisdom, while the Judge, resembling the energetics of the Large Intestine, using discernment to clarify boundaries, supporting our ability to release what no longer serves us. Together, they guide us through life’s transitions, teaching us to appreciate both clarity and the mystery in our journey.
As we traverse the spaces between the seen and unseen, the dream world and reality, these archetypes help us refine our journey. Mercury, with its swift movement between realms, allows us to navigate life’s transitions, bringing clarity and insight as we shift between states of being. Neptune, on the other hand, shows us how to embrace the mystery, teaching us that there is beauty in the undefined and the blurred boundaries between self and world. Together, these archetypes remind us to discern what to retain and what to release, cultivating resilience in the face of life’s changes
The Metal Element: A Journey of Transformation
The Metal Element represents transformation and refinement. Like metal forged through heat and pressure, we, too, are refined by life’s experiences. Mercury aids in navigating transitions, while Neptune invites us to embrace the mysteries that arise as boundaries dissolve. The wisdom of Metal lies in discerning, releasing, and transforming, creating space for what nourishes our spirit.
Treatment Protocols: Inviting Opening and Transformation
Using the frequencies and intervals mentioned above, we can guide openings and movement through the following key points and vessels:
- Ren Mai: Opens doorways into new breath and invites a fresh cycle of energy.
- Wei Vessels: The Yin Wei bridges within, and the Yang Wei Mai connects outwardly. These vessels network the interior and exterior worlds and energies.
- Kidney Spirit Points (Mt. of Balance): Kidney 23 (Spirit Seal), Kidney 24 (Spirit Burial Ground), and Kidney 25 (Spirit Storehouse) These points serve as deep reservoirs of protection, transformation, and nourishment, reinforcing resilience and inner strength. After using one of the frequency intervals chosen from above, resolving with Low Full Moon 6th will provide the light and nourishment needed as a guide during these times.
- Windows of the Sky: Enhances communication with our “star teachers” and the unseen, offering insight and connection to the celestial.
- LU 9 (Great Abyss): Helps to pull one out of the abyss, bringing nurturing and grounding qualities that renew clarity and embrace life’s richness.
- LI 4 (Union Valley): Releases that what no longer serves us.
With each breath, the Metal Element engages in the constant transformation of receiving and releasing, discerning and transforming. As we collectively move forward, frequencies, intervals, and archetypes become our guides, helping us stay balanced, calm, and connected in the midst of change. By tuning into these elements, we allow both grounding and clarity as we move through life’s transitions, connected to the unseen forces that support our journey.
Carmen Cicotti is a Senior Faculty Member (since 2005) teaching the full Acutonics curriculum in a 6-week format with a focus on 5-Element Theory, serving as a Thesis Mentor and Clinical Supervisor. As an Integrative Health Practitioner, she lives and practices on a remote island in the Pacific Northwest and offers online and in-person classes and study groups year-round.
Upcoming classes:
Energetics of Points and Meridians – Nov 21 – Jan 10 (Thursdays 3-6pm PST)
Acutonics Level IX: Sedna Superconductor Nov 22 – Jan 11 (Fridays 3-6pm PST)
Acutonics Level I: Sound Gates to Meridian Harmonics Jan 23 – Feb 28 (Thursdays 3-6pm PST)
Acutonics Ethics in Clinical Practice Jan 24 – Feb 29 (Fridays 3-6pm PST)
For more information, 2024/2025 class schedule and study groups:
https://northwestacutonics.com/calendar/
Carmen Cicotti LMT, CAcP
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carmen@northwestacutonics.com
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