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Jung on Handwriting
“No one can get out of his own skin. We act as our psychological past, i.e., as our cerebral organization dictates. For this reason, we are bound to expose ourselves in the association experiment in exactly the same way as we do in our own handwriting. C.G. Jung 1906
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Graphotherapy: Exercise and the brain
A new research study, recently published in the Journal of Developmental Neuroscience supports the positive impact that exercise has on our brain: physical exercise raises I.Q.
While this seems like a no-brainer, it is a great reminder that how we use our body on the outside, impacts our body on the inside! Grapho-therapy, or hand-movements designed to, over time, rewire our brain, is a respected and much utilized tool in Europe. Slowly, it is gaining in recognition in the U.S.A.
We can use handwriting to tell us about our personality. We can also use writing, through a specific course of action, to change certain things within us.
Free Graphology Lesson
Dr. Erica Karohs is an internationally known psychology/graphologist that offers certification courses.
Here is a free graphology lesson that she offers on something called “rolled strokes.”
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Some fundamentals about handwriting analysis
One of the most interesting question is what does descending handwriting show? So I will try to present short review of few: direction of lines, pace of writing and size of letters.
Direction of lines:
* If a person writes in a precisely straight line graphology could say that person is unyeilding.
* People who write in convex lines (a line that ascends then descends) start their project with ambition and enthusiasm only to lose interest and give up before the task has been completed.
* People who write with concave lines (a line that descends than ascends) approach their task with little optimism but gain self confidence as the task nears completion.
* Lines that are ascending steps are often found in people who have little stamina.
* Descending steps are often found in writers who bravely fight off depressive moods.
* Wavy, meandering lines may be indicative of moodiness.
Pace of writing:
* Spontaneous Writing : Ambition, activity, instability, restlessness, impatient, quick thinking.
* Unspontaneous Writing : Inflexible, cautious, sluggish, plotter, schemer
Size of letters:
* Tall capitals are people who tower above the rest.
* Tall initials come from impressive people.
* Small capitals are people who are modest in nature.
* They concentrate on facts, not ideas.
* Wide letters are extroverted people.
* Narrow letters come from loners.
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Self-Esteem in Handwriting

- Variety of ppI Formations
You can tell a lot from a single letter, especially when that letter is the personal pronoun “I”. The “I” is the most significant letter in the English alphabet because it signifies your private attitude about your inner self and others. This single letter is a key indicator of some very important information including the importance/influence of the male and female authority figures (typically mother and father) in your life. People with distinct “I’s” have something distinct in their personality.

Mother/Father Symbolism in Personal Pronoun "I"


Organizations that have used handwriting analysis in the U.S.A.
Here is a partial list of organizations who use (or have used) graphology in the USA:
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American Standards Testing Bureau
Arizona State University
Attorney F. Lee Bailey
Attorney Melvyn Belli
Bank of America
Banker’s Life
BellAtlantic (Self-Improvement Seminars Only)
Boeing Co.
Bristol Myers
Burger King
Chevron
CIA
Citibank
City Of Los Angeles
Coca Cola
Coldwell Banker
Conn. Mutual Life
Dallas Morning News
Department of Defense
Dow Chemical
Dun & Bradstreet
Emhart Corporation
Equitable of Ohio
FBI
Federal Express
Firestone
Foley’s
Ford Motor Company
General Battery
General Electric
H&R Block
H.J. Heinz
Harvard Univ.(Leadership Sem.)
Highway Patrol
Honeywell
Humana Care Plus
I. Magnin
IBM
IRS
J.C. Penney, Co.
Kansas State Prison
Kodak
Land O’Frost
Lloyds of London
Macy’s
Merrill Lynch
Montgomery Ward
Mutual of Omaha
Nestle
New York Life Insurance
NJ State Police
NW Mutual Life
Occidental Life Insurance
Olsten Employment Services
Olympus Camera
Pacific Bell
Paine, Weber, Jackson & Curtis
Pan Am
Peugot Motors
Principal Financial Group
Prudential Insurance
Renault
Resorts International
San Jose Police Department
St. Louis Police
Standard of Ohio
State Bar of Texas
The Aetna Life Insurance & Annuity Co.
Thrifty Pay Less
Thrifty Rent-A-Car
Time
Toyota
United States Court Systems
United Technologies
UPS
USX(US Steel)
Wells Fargo Bank
Westinghouse
Xerox(LA computer Division)
Handwriting analysis and personality
As an artist studies and paints your unique physical features on canvas, your handwriting captures your unique personality on paper. You see, handwriting is actually the writing of the brain.
We know that writing impulses originate in the cortex of the brain and then travel through the nervous system to the muscles in the hand. Thus, pen strokes record inner impulses, which reflect our temperament and habits.
Throughout recorded history, great men have recognized and studied the connection between handwriting and personality. Traveling in time from the Greek philosopher, Aristotle to 19th Century poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning, to today’s current graphologists, men have researched our highly complex act of writing. It engages our brain, our nervous system, our muscles, our coordination, our memory and our eyesight.
Graphology is the study of the psychological structure of man through his or her handwriting. Recognized as a science toward the end of the eighteenth century, graphology depends on research and experimentation and has its rules and regulations. This social science recognized that our handwriting – the formation of letters, arrangement, speed and pressure – tells about our personality, character and emotional state. Today it is used in psychology, personnel selection, courts of law and for self-understanding.
Handwriting is energy. Just as your energy varies from high to low and your moods vary from excitement to sorrow, your handwriting will vary to reflect this. However, you are still the same person underneath those moods and the same basic characteristics you possess will surface every time you put pen to paper. You are a combination of dozens of different factors, a unique you that no one else is like. That is why your handwriting is unlike anyone else’s.
Although you have been taught the same handwriting style as thousands of other school age children, your handwriting evolves with you as the years go by, and it takes on a more personal style. Along with character development as you age, many elements occur during your lifetime that plays a part in modifying you: culture, education, family and social background, influences and experiences. All of these factors are wrapped up neatly in your handwriting.
Should handwriting classes be saved?
Here is a great article on the state of penmanship classes in America.
As I always say, it is not about pretty handwriting (though that is nice) it is about exercising the brain – creating neural networks!
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Handwriting analysis background
“Spoken words are the symbols of mental experience, and written words the symbol of spoken words. Just as all men have not the same speech sounds, so all men have not the same writing.” — Aristotle.
Writing is expressive movements and these movements have their meanings and interpretations. It is an expression of the whole personality. And it’s analysis is refered to as Graphology – the study of handwriting and the connection it has to a one’s behavior.
Graphology is a very old and respected science – the study of handwriting and its analysis was first developed by the Chinese 3000 years ago. The Romans used graphology and through the centuries since then various civilizations and cultures have analysed handwriting to identify the essence of the person who produced it. Moreover, the modern approach to handwriting analysis was established by a group of French clerics, who defined key aspects of the science. This work formed the basis of modern graphology, although the science is still being researched and expanded today.
A person’s handwriting and its placing on the page express the unique impulses of the individual: the brain sends signals along the muscles to the writing instrument they control. There are a lot of graphic elements that indicate an individual. It is said that there are around 300 features. The important, and difficult part of analyzing handwriting to decipher personality comes in evaluating how the traits interact.















