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Historical & esotericCelestial Alphabet
The Celestial (Angelic) alphabet printed by Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, with 22 Hebrew-based letter values.
Geocaching tip: This is Agrippa’s Celestial script, not John Dee and Edward Kelley’s Enochian alphabet.
Celestial alphabet — 22 glyph reference
Match the symbols to their corresponding Hebrew letters below. These are the 22 symbols of Agrippa’s historical Celestial (Angelic) alphabet, not a direct 26-letter English substitution chart. The Latin readings are only approximate transliterations.
AlephאApprox. A / ʾValue 1
BethבApprox. BValue 2
GimelגApprox. GValue 3
DalethדApprox. DValue 4
HeהApprox. HValue 5
VavוApprox. V / WValue 6
ZayinזApprox. ZValue 7
ChethחApprox. Ch / KhValue 8
TethטApprox. TValue 9
YodיApprox. Y / IValue 10
KaphכApprox. K / KhValue 20
LamedלApprox. LValue 30
MemמApprox. MValue 40
NunנApprox. NValue 50
SamekhסApprox. SValue 60
AyinעApprox. ʿ / silentValue 70
PeפApprox. P / FValue 80
TsadiצApprox. TsValue 90
QophקApprox. QValue 100
ReshרApprox. RValue 200
ShinשApprox. Sh / SValue 300
TavתApprox. T / ThValue 400
Original Celestial alphabet chart (1651)
Source: Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, Of Occult Philosophy, Book III, chapter 30, English edition (1651). View the public-domain original on Wikimedia Commons.