Celtic Codes | Coding System Used by Celts

My favorite coding system so far is a system I call "Celtic Dragon Runes". It's a pretty simple and easy to use, and memorize code I have used when it was impossible to write information without someone reading it that I did not want reading it. It works great, it's easy to cipher, and it's easy to use.

The really cool feature of these runes is that each one has polarity. If you drag the rune down across the line it will match the oposite rune. Each rune also has a number value, when the rune is drawn down to it's opposite it equals the number nine. If you notice, the polarity of the runes creates a pentacle, which is the symbol for ether (the combining substance within the universe).

Finally, the runes can actually be set up to be used as a horizon astrology chart. Let's say you lay them out on the ground around you and sit down. Each one represents ten degrees within the three-hundred and sixty degree circle... thus you can keep track of where the stars come up as the year progresses and keep track of events that happen in your lifetime.

Another way to use them (for those of you who are wiccan, pagan or who like to meditate) is that you can make wooden runes out of each of them individually. The way they are made is to put the rune on one side of the wooden square and the oposite rune on the other side of the wooden square. I have even given them all a meaning, so that when you throw them 3 at a time they give you 3 things to meditate upon. Of course you need a license agreement from me to do that, but it's possible.

The Ogham alphabet, which is thought to be named after the Irish god Ogma or possibly origionating from a system of tallies used for accounting, is an ancient alphabet that has been found in Ireland, Scotland, Wales and England. It dates between the 4th and 7th centuries AD. Inscriptions have been found in Gaelic, Latan and Pictish. Some inscriptions in Gaelic and Pictish have not been able to be ciphered. Between Scotland, Wales, England and Ireland, about 500 Ogham inscriptions have been found.

All surviving traces of Ogham are inscriptions on stone. My guess is that it was more commonly inscribed on sticks, hides and trees. Inscriptions that have been found are generally of somebody's name and the name of a place and were somebody was probably marking boundaries.

Other terms used to describe the Ogham alphabet are, ogam, ogham craobh, beth luis fern, and beth luis nion.

At the beginning of an ogham script an elite (or feather) is used, and respectively, at the end of an ogham script a thuathail (or reversed feather) is used. The sounds and true names of some of the Ogham letters are not known.

Click here for my version of the meanings of the Ogham Alphabet.

A few years ago I got the idea to create a coding system that uses Celtic knotwork. I thought it would be a great way to create armbands for people who would like to have names on their arms. This way, if a person happens to get their mates name tattooed on them... it won't be spelled out clearly and annoy their next mate.

I have actually created 2 different knotwork codes. One of them you can make out the letters (sort of) and the other one you can't.