Elaborate handwriting, including lots of embellishment

such as unnecessary loops, curves, spirals, underlining,

circles, wavy lines, and other forms is an important,

and telling, handwriting analysis consideration.

Handwriting analysis, or graphology, is so informative

because it reveals subconscious character, the real

personality, not just the persona and the one seen when

a person is at his or her best.

The U.S. Library of Congress classifies graphology as a

branch of psychology.

All in all, there are over 300 handwriting traits to

consider when doing an analysis. Some of the more obvious

ones include the following: connectives; connectivity;

consistency; contradictions in script; compression;

contraction/expansiveness; down-strokes; elaboration;

expansion; finals; fluidity; form; harmony; hooks; jabs;

knots; lead-ins; legibility; loops; margins; movement;

organization; originality; pressure; retracing; rhythm;

shading; signature compared to the rest of script;

simplicity; size; slant; overall arrangement and picture

of space; letter, word and line spacing; speed; spirals;

tension; ties; zonal balance and much more.

Does any single consideration, such as the excessive

elaboration, override the cumulative strength of the

collective body of other considerations? No.

The collective body of traits in a handwriting sample

either supports or mitigates the energy of any one

individual aspect.

Also, in order for a specific graphology trait to

accurately reflect personality, it must be throughout

the handwriting sample at least three to four times to

qualify.

Accuracy in graphology demands that the context of the

entire writing sample be considered and that all

individual aspects and parts of the script must be

interpreted independently and then built into a complete

picture describing the personality.

Also, you need at least a half page of cursive handwriting

and not just a signature if you want to start on the right

track.

For the highest level of accuracy in handwriting analysis,

formal graphology training is recommended. However, we

created our Graphology Resource Keys for anyone to gain a

very good understanding of their own or other's subconscious

character simply by comparing a handwriting sample to the

Keys. http://www.decadcorp.com/Graphology.html

More information about handwriting analysis can be found

on our site.

Copybook form, or "perfect handwriting," varies somewhat

from country to country and it's best to be familiar with

the standard copybook form of the country in which the

person learned to write.

It's good if your handwriting is not perfect, because you

don't want perfect handwriting. It's natural to gradually

move away from the basic copybook form you learned in grade

school to develop your own unique style.

Just as everyone has a unique personality, everyone has

unique handwriting. Aristotle remarked, "Spoken words are

the symbols of mental experience and written words are the

symbols of spoken words. Just as all men do not have the

same speech sounds, so do all men not have the same writing."

Adults who write in copybook form (considering there is

corroborating energy from the rest of the handwriting

considerations) strive to follow all rules exactly and abide

by all laws. They are usually conformists, traditional, and

inhibited. They commonly carry guilt and repression is

customary. Hence, "perfect" handwriting is far from perfect.

If your handwriting has a lot of originality with high form

level (good balance, movement, harmony, etc.) and other

positive traits, it could indicate flexibility,

resourcefulness, confidence, inward motivation, and possible

leadership skills.

On the other hand, if you see originality in an off-balanced,

inharmonious script (low form level), you could find

rebelliousness, defiance, turmoil, confusion, dishonesty,

and even psychosis or criminal-minded behavior.

Spirals are generally a negative sign relating, in part, to

deception or self-deception.

Normal elaboration includes longer than usual t-bars and

finals at the end of words, for example.

Excessive elaboration, such as artificial flourishes, many

added strokes, long lower zone length (loops of letters such

as lower case g and j), etc. could indicate an ostentatious

personality with a need to impress others, a need for drama,

flirtatiousness, vanity, exaggeration, bluff, a mind too

rooted in fantasy, insincerity, a need to be told they are

loved, façade of intrigue to mask an inferiority complex,

possible deception, scattered energy, affectation, defense

for self-consciousness, unstable self image, too much focus

on trivial matters, and difficulty concentrating.

As the level of inharmoniousness increases with excessive

elaboration, the negative traits listed above will also

intensify.

If you see excessive elaboration mainly in the upper zone

(e.g., where the t's are crossed), which is the zone of the

intellect, you may find someone whose thinking is ruled by

illusion, and even someone who is a compulsive liar.

But remember, although it's alluded to above, it's important

enough to say again: no single graphology indicator, by

itself, absolutely describes any one personality trait.

Yes, straight-across, blunt ending strokes can indicate

cautiousness, but there could be ten or more other indicators

in a person's script that would mitigate the notion.

If you find elaboration that is excessively complicated,

especially with many complicated circle letters, such as a

and o, it could point toward someone who is trying to hide

something, even if it's on an unconscious level and not in

an intentionally deceptive way.

Look to the zone of handwriting for more clues to what the

excessive elaboration with inharmonious handwriting

indicates: in the lower zone (where the loops of letters

such as g and j reside) it's an imbalance relating to

sexuality, social life, materialism, and physical energy,

among others; in the middle zone (where letters such as n,

m, and o reside) it's an imbalance in practicality, daily

routine, here-and-now, ego, consciousness and more; and in

the upper zone (where the t-bar, tops of t's, and h's

reside) it's an imbalance in mental, intellectual,

philosophical, literary interests, the imagination,

and more.

When you see a Hollywood star's signature that has over-

the-top elaboration, if the rest of his or her script is

much more subdued, it's a sign of pretentiousness.

Alternatively, elaboration with positive indicators is

favorable. With harmonious handwriting it can symbolize

charm, healthy imagination, and originality.

Scott Petullo

http://www.mystictwins.com/

http://www.holisticmakeover.com/

Stephen Petullo

http://www.holisticmakeover.com/

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