On that point, there is general agreement. And though orientation to the base line is important, it is not essential to our discussion of numerology, since we need only concern ourselves with the
number of strokes used.)
Thus, based on the work of such scholars as P.C. Power, S. Ferguson, D. Diringer, I. Williams, L. Spence, and D. Conway, we have synthesized the following table of Celtic numerology:


               1         2       3       4        5
               -----------------------------------
               A        D       T       C       I
               B        G       U       E       N
               H        L       V        F       P
               M       O       W       J       Q
                         X                 K        R
                                             S       Y
                                                       Z


Using this table, the student of Celtic numerology would then
proceed to analyze any word in the generally accepted manner. One should not be concerned that the numbers 6, 7, 8, and 9 do not appear in this system, as the Ogham alphabet had no letters with these values (as opposed to the Hebrew alphabet which did have letters with the missing 9 value, as mentioned earlier).
Another consideration is that the Ogham alphabet is just that -- an alphabet.
It never represented any particular language, and historically it has been employed by many different languages. Again by contrast, the Hebrew alphabet was structured for a particular language -- Hebrew -- and many problems arise when we attempt to adapt it to a language for which it is not suited.
Although the Ogham alphabet only has letter values from 1 through 5, all of the numbers from 1 through 9 (plus any master numbers of 11, 22, etc.) will be used in the final analysis (just as in the Hebrew system).


To understand how this works, let us try an example. We will use the name of the Welsh goddess Rhiannon:

               R + H + I + A + N + N + O + N     
               5 + 1 + 5 + 1 + 5 + 5 + 2 + 5 = 29
                                              2 + 9 = 11

Most numerologists will agree that 11 is a 'master number' or 'power number' and therefore it is not further reduced by adding the two digits (although, if one does this, 1 + 1 = 2, and 2 is considered the first even and feminine number in the numerical sequence, certainly appropriate for a Welsh Mother Goddess). Viewed as an 11, the analysis is usually that of someone who is on a 'higher plane of existence' (certainly appropriate for a goddess), someone who