Is This Couple Headed For Divorce??

Is this couple headed for divorce? Are they a match made in heaven or hell? Handwriting reveals all!- by Bart Baggett





One of the most profound uses of handwriting analysis is the art of compatibility analysis. I say "art" because even though predicting the personality is based on solid psychological principles, the ability to combine those two personalities and predict how these to humans will interact takes years of experience and is not something that can be calculated with math.

Look at the two samples and decide if you think the marriage will last. At the time they wrote this, now, they are married. However, they are considering divorce. Can they change? Should she change or he change?

Is he the problem or is she the problem? In my experience, it is always a two-way street. In this situation, They are both too sensitive to criticism and both have valid reasons, at this point, to want to leave the other.

I think she has been most generous and he is a pain in the butt.

Notes on Amanda's Handwriting sample below:

1. Fluid thinker, bright mind. Connects thoughts in a fluid fasion. Good talker.
2. Yielding round top "s". Avoid conlict and yields in arguments when she knows she is right.
3. t-bars 3/4 of the way up the stem: good goals, pragmatic, good self-esteem
4. closed e-loops. Selective listening ... closed her ears to certain people.
5. Tall looped d-stem. Excessive fear of criticism and vanity. Concerned about what others
might think and gets defensive quickly.
6. End of word tilting down is a sign of depression. Check for medical or emotional symptoms.
7. M humps going downhill = diplomacy.. a kind way with words and people.
8. A in Amanda is healthy size indicating a healthy ego to support a decent self-esteem. (Not high, but better than average.)
9. Big spaces between letters indicate a sense of generosity with her time and money.
10. a and o shapes that are very clean, open, and not-closed at the top indicate a sense of honesty, talkativeness, and clear communication.



Notes on Joe's Handwriting sample below:

1. Tall looped d-stem. Excessive fear of criticism and vanity. Concerned about what others
might think and gets defensive quickly. This loop is MUCH larger than Amanda's because his middle zone is so much smaller. This indicates he is almost paranoid. He imagines criticism and makes assumptions that are not true. HARD TRAIT TO LIVE WITH.
2. Bouncy baseline indicates a fast mind and a lack of anal-retentive qualities. Often people with bouncy baselines are clumsey.
3. t-bars 3/4 of the way up the stem: good goals, pragmatic, good self-esteem as it relates to goals. ( A large d is an insecurity, but it should not be confused with one's self-esteem)
Very pointed t-bars indicate a VICIOUS sarcasm. This is his defense mechanism for his sensitiveness.... hyper critical.
4. Very talkative. Talks without thinking first. He may be prone to hurt feelings considering his sarcastic and impulsive nature.
5. Go to HELL K. This large K indicates his rebellious personaity and need to break the rules. Hates conformity.
6. Sexual frustration. No surprise... his wife, Amanda, is divorcing him. Go figure.
7. Y and G downstrokes that end in a straight line and fade away. Straight down indicates a loner... he doesn't trust or want to need anyone close. The fading quality is a bit of laziness and inability to make a strong powerful finish. I would say his physical drives and even energy has been compromised lately.
8. The d-stem is both looped and tilted backwards at a significantly different slant than the rest of the writing. This shows he "withdraws" into himself when he gets criticized and goes into his shell. (Yes, he has sarcasm... but his shell is the safest place when his feelings are hurt. This is confirmed by the small writing. )

Finally, his writing is small, focused, and has sharp points on his m and n humps. This shows a high level of analytical ability, focus, concentration , and intensity. His fear is what drives him to be difficult to live with because his defense mechanisms must be turned on 24 hours per day. He should retrace his "d" before he gets re-married.

This couple is already in the process of a divorce. Good decision.




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HANDWRITING ANALYSIS VIDEOS

Aggressive and Argumentative

Do you find yourself arguing just for the sake of argument, or just itching to get in a fight with someone? Do you know an incredibly competitive athlete or an attorney who always wins?

Aggressive and argumentative are normally thought of as negative traits. If you host a radio or television show you may enjoy someone who is argumentative. If you were a boxer, football player or hockey player you may enjoy having the aggressive trait.

Ask yourself, "Do I really want this in my life?" Do I want someone I'm dating to have the aggressive trait? Do I want them to be argumentative? On the other hand, if I am putting together a world class debate team, these might be traits I want someone to have.

Aggression is physical in nature, while argumentative is aggression shown verbally.

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Toxic Vocabulary..!!

I remember my dad teaching me the power of
language at a very young age. Not only did my
dad understand that specific words affect our
mental pictures, but he understood words are
a powerful programming factor in lifelong success.

One particularly interesting event occurred when
I was eight. As a kid, I was always climbing trees,
poles, and literally hanging around upside down
from the rafters of our lake house. So, it came as
no surprise to my dad to find me at the top of a
30-foot tree, swinging back and forth. My little
eight-year-old brain didn't realize the tree could
break or I could get hurt. I just thought it was fun
to be up so high.

My older cousin, Tammy, was also in the same
tree. She was hanging on the first big limb, about
ten feet below me. Tammy's mother also noticed
us at the exact same time my dad did. About that
time a huge gust of wind came over the tree. I could
hear the leaves start to rattle and the tree begin to
sway. I remember my dad's voice over the wind
yell, "Bart, Hold on tightly." So I did. The next thing
I know, I heard Tammy screaming at the top of
her lungs, laying flat on the ground. She had fallen
out of the tree.

I scampered down the tree to safety. My dad later
told me why she fell and I did not. Apparently,
Tammy's mother was not as an astute student of
language as my father. When Tammy's mother felt
the gust of wind, she yelled out, "Tammy, don't fall!"
And Tammy did... fall.

My dad then explained to me that the mind has a
very difficult time processing a negative image. In
fact, people who rely on internal pictures cannot
see a negative at all. In order for Tammy to process
the command of not falling, her nine-year-old brain
had to first imagine falling, then try to tell the brain
not to do what it just imagined. Whereas, my
eight-year-old brain instantly had an internal image
of me hanging on tightly.

This is why people who try to stop smoking struggle
with the ct of stopping smoking. They are running
pictures all day of themselves smoking. Smokers are
rarely taught to see themselves breathing fresh air
and feeling great. The language itself becomes one
barrier to success.

This concept is especially useful when you are
attempting to break a habit or set a goal. You can't
visualize not doing something. The only way to
properly visualize not doing something is to actually
find a word for what you want to do and visualize
that. For example, when I was thirteen years old, I
played for my junior high school football team. I
tried so hard to be good, but I just couldn't get it
together at that age. I remember hearing the words
run through my head as I was running out for a
pass, "Don't drop it!" Naturally, I dropped the ball.

My coaches were not skilled enough to teach us
proper "self-talk." They just thought some kids could
catch and others couldn't. I'll never make it pro, but I'm
now a pretty good Sunday afternoon football player,
because all my internal dialogue is positive and
encourages me to win. I wish my dad had coached me
playing football instead of just climbing trees. I might
have had a longer football career.

Here is a very easy demonstration to teach your kids
and your friends the power of a toxic vocabulary.
Ask them to hold a pen or pencil. Hand it to them.
Now, follow my instructions carefully. Say to them,
"Okay, try to drop the pencil." Observe what they do.

Most people release their hands and watch the pencil
hit the floor. You respond, "You weren't paying
attention. I said TRY to drop the pencil. Now please
do it again." Most people then pick up the pencil and
pretend to be in excruciating pain while their hand tries
but fails to drop the pencil.

The point is made.

If you tell your brain you will "give it a try," you are
actually telling your brain to fail. I have a "no try" rule in
my house and with everyone I interact with. Either
people will do it or they won't. Either they will be at
the party or they won't. I'm brutal when people
attempt to lie to me by using the word try. Do they
think I don't know they are really telegraphing to the
world they have no intention of doing it but they want
me to give them brownie points for pretended effort?

You will never hear the words "I'll try" come out of
my mouth unless I'm teaching this concept in a seminar.
If you "try" and do something, your unconscious mind
has permission not to succeed. If I truly can't make a
decision I will tell the truth. "Sorry John. I'm not sure
if I will be at your party or not. I've got an outstanding
commitment. If that falls through, I will be here.
Otherwise, I will not. Thanks for the invite."

People respect honesty. So remove the word "try"
from your vocabulary. My dad also told me that
psychologists claim it takes seventeen positive
statements to offset one negative statement. I have
no idea if it is true, but the logic holds true. It might
take up to seventeen compliments to offset the
emotional damage of one harsh criticism.

These are concepts that are especially useful when
raising children. Ask yourself how many compliments
you give yourself daily versus how many criticisms.
Heck, I know you are talking to yourself all day long.
We all have internal voices that give us direction.

So, are you giving yourself the 17:1 ratio or are you
shortchanging yourself with toxic self-talk like, "I suck.
I'm fat. Nobody will like me. I'll try this diet. I'm not
good enough. I'm so stupid. I'm broke, etc. etc."

If our parents can set a lifetime of programming with
one wrong statement, imagine the kind of programming
you are doing on a daily basis with your own internal
dialogue. Here is a list of Toxic Vocabulary words.
Notice when you or other people use them.

But

Try
If

Might
Would Have

Should Have
Could Have

Can't
Don't


But - negates any words that are stated before it.

If - presupposes that you may not.

Would have - past tense that draws attention to
things that didn't actually happen.

Should have - past tense that draws attention to
things that didn't actually happen (and implies guilt.)

Could have - past tense that draws attention to
things that didn't actually happen but the person
tries to take credit as if it did happen.

Try - presupposes failure.

Might - It does nothing definite. It leaves options
for your listener.

Can't / Don't - These words force the listener
to focus on exactly the opposite of what you
want. This is a classic mistake that parents and
coaches make without knowing the damage of
this linguistic error.

Examples:

Toxic phrase: "Don't drop the ball!"
Likely result: Drops the ball
Better language: "Catch the ball!"

Toxic phrase: "You shouldn't watch so
much television."
Likely result: Watches more television.
Better language: "I read too much television
makes people stupid. You might find yourself turning
that TV off and picking up one of those books more
often!"

Exercise: Take a moment to write down
all the phrases you use on a daily basis or any Toxic
self-talk that you have noticed yourself using. Write
these phrases down so you will begin to catch yourself
as they occur and change them.

Toxic Phrase Re-written Phrase

____________ ________________
____________ ________________
____________ ________________
____________ ________________
____________ ________________
____________ ________________

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One of the Hell Traits..!!!

Honesty is one of the most sought-after personality traits. Unfortunately, honesty or dishonesty is a result of many variables, least of which are the person's integrity and the specific situation. However, some people have so much internal confusion that they lie when the truth is better.

The worst case scenario is the letter o shown here. This is the pathological liar. He will make up stories and is basically not trustworthy. He probably does not know what the real truth is. Luckily, I do not see this trait very often. I hope you don't either. However, if you ever see this trait consistently in someone's handwriting take my advice,

"Run, don't walk, to the nearest exit!"

This trait and other levels of communication are shown in the lower case letter o. The letter o is a communication letter. You will notice that you can also see other traits in the letter o, such as: secretiveness, self-deceit, talkativeness, and frankness.

The lying loops, as I call them, are a combination of a large, secretive loop and a large, self-deceit loop. It is shown by two, huge, inner loops in both halves of the letter o that cross. Together, this writer is deceiving others and himself! He simply forgets what the truth is! If you see this occasionally, in one out of ten, don't assume he is a pathological liar. He does lie, but not to the severity that the name "pathological liar" implies.

As you know, many basically honest people tell white lies in different circumstances. Ethics, integrity, and opportunity are also factors in honesty. You must take the entire writing into consideration. If you find two small inner loops in the letter o, you have a person that prevaricates (lies) occasionally about small details. A secretary often has these small loops when she says "The boss is in a meeting, may I take a message?" All the while, the boss is standing next to her saying, "I don't want to talk to him!"

If you recall the discussion about the three zones in handwriting, I mentioned that any loop, wherever you find it, is imagination. Therefore, if a loop is in the upper zone, one might imagine things associated with philosophy, religion, or ethics. If the loop is in the lower zone, the imagination might be physical or sexual. If the loop is in the middle zone, like the letter o, the writer imagines things pertaining to daily events. Since the o is a communication letter, you get imagination as to what someone tells you. The bigger the loops, the more he lies, or the more secrets are being kept.

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Handwriting Analysis Of Some Super Stars!!

What is Handwriting Analysis?

ABOUT HANDWRITING ANALYSIS

It is a scientific method of identifying, evaluating, and understanding a person's personality via the strokes and patterns revealed by his handwriting. It is not document examining, which is when a person examines a sample of writing to determine the author. Document examining is often used in forgery cases. In document examining, no comment of character or personality is derived from the handwriting.

USES OF HANDWRITING ANALYSIS

HANDWRITING ANALYSIS FOR RELATIONSHIP

In today’s world of personal insecurities, people spend years together trying to know their partners better, expecting him/her to be someone that they can never be. Every now and then they are hounded by questions such as....
Is there a sure shot way to know about the qualities of our partner?
Is there a way to look behind the outer shell?
Is there a way to look at the hidden qualities in each other?
Is there a better way to learn than to live life and find out that you made a wrong decision?
Does He really love you? Or is she using you?
Is He/She pushy or gentle?
Is He/She generous or stingy?
Would He/She desire other sex partners? Etc.
For all the above questions, and many more, Handwriting Analysis is the answer. It comes a boon to people who are in the throes of personal crisis. Handwriting Analysis not only helps them to gain insight into partner’s personality, it also helps them to understand themselves and their needs better.

HANDWRITING ANALYSIS FOR CAREER

Are you a better Musician or a Painter?
Would you make a better Doctor or an Engineer?
Will you be happy spending your whole life in the lab working as a Scientist?
Will you be a successful Businessman?
With the fast changing times/trends and a lot new options as career, one is always confused as to what one is good at. It is in this confused scenario that Career Counseling is required, and what better way to start with than Handwriting Analysis! Your handwriting can tell you if you are made for a particular career or not. It is possible to judge the aptitude of an individual through His/Her handwriting and thereby suggest a suitable career.
We all have only one life and its all about making the right choices to make it better. Therefore, whether it is personal crisis or career options, Handwriting Analysis helps you in decision-making, self-confidence, improved judgment and also to gain an insight into human behavior.
Handwriting Analysis in itself can also be a good career option that can be applied to various fields, including crime detection.

HANDWRITING ANALYSIS FOR CRIME DETECTION

(IT IS DIFFERENT FROM PERSONALITY EVALUATION)

Handwriting Analysis can be used in discerning falsehoods from written statements. Cooperative suspects can be made to write statements describing the alibis that they have given their knowledge of the crime and so on. Then the handwriting analyst finds a kind of personality profile of the culprit who has committed the crime.
In studies of writings of mass murderers, Graphologists have found a preponderance of bizarre drawings or doodles. In addition, they frequently use small letters with large flamboyant signatures; meaning that they were severely introverted with a desperate need to be noticed by the public. Even in cases of suicide, wherein the kin of the victim are unconvinced by the act itself on part of the victim, a quick analysis of the suicide note might spell doom for the murderer.

FAQ's About Handwriting Analysis

Q1: What is handwriting analysis?

A: It is a scientific method of identifying, evaluating, and understanding a person's personality via the strokes and patterns revealed by his handwriting. It is not document examining, which is when a person examines a sample of writing to determine the author. Document examining is often used in forgery cases. In document examining, no comment of character or personality is derived from the handwriting.

Q2: Do the terms graphology, handwriting analysis, and Graphoanalysis mean the same thing?

A: Not in America. Although, graphology and handwriting analysis have been used for centuries to describe evaluating personality through the study of handwriting, a few distinctions have arisen in the past 50 years.
The term handwriting analysis is the umbrella term that describes all forms and theories about understanding character from handwriting.
The term Graphoanalysis is a trademarked term that refers to the scientific American form of handwriting analysis pioneered by Milton Bunker. Although these trait stroke methods taught by Bunker are not different from what dozens of authors around the world have published in the past 50 years, the term Graphoanalyst is used to distinguish those people who choose to associate with the company that holds the trademark.
Also, the term graphology has come to symbolize an affiliation with the more holistic or Gestalt approach to handwriting analysis. Some graphologists disregard the trait-stroke method completely.
Most experienced analysts agree that combining the many schools of thought gives the analyst the most flexibility and resources that result in a more accurate personality assessment.


Q3: What can be told about a person from his handwriting?

A: Handwriting reveals hundreds of elements of the person's "personality and character," which include glimpses into the subconscious mind, emotional responsiveness, intellect, energy, fears and defenses, motivations, imagination, integrity, aptitudes, and even sex drives and issues of trust. There are over 100 individual traits revealed and an unlimited number of combinations.

Q4: What can one NOT tell from handwriting analysis?

A: It cannot identify age, gender, race, religion, whether a person is right- or left-handed, or the future.

Q5: How does handwriting reveal personality?

A: Handwriting is often referred to as "brain writing." Research scientists in the fields of neuro-science have categorized neuro-muscular movement tendencies as they are correlated with specific observable personality traits. Each personality trait is represented by a neurological brain pattern. Each neurological brain pattern produces a unique neuro-muscular movement that is the same for every person who has that personality trait. When writing, these tiny movements occur unconsciously. Each written movement or stroke reveals a specific personality trait.
Handwriting analysts identify these strokes as they appear in handwriting and describe the corresponding personality trait. Handwriting is like body language, but is more specific and is frozen for a more detailed analysis of our unconscious movements.

Q6: How accurate is handwriting analysis?

A: It is only as accurate as the analyst is talented. Most professionals claim to be 85-95% accurate. Compared to other personality assessment tools and tests, handwriting analysis is sometimes more accurate and much more revealing. When answering psychological questions in person or on paper, a person may consciously or unconsciously answer according to how he thinks he should answer rather than giving an honest reply. The clinical research is divided as to the validity of handwriting analysis. Again, it depends on who you ask.

Q7: How old is handwriting analysis?

A: Research has found references to handwriting analysis as far back as 4500 BC. In 99 AD, the Roman historian Suetonius studied Emperor Augustus' personality from his handwriting. The first handwriting analysis book was published in 1622 by Camildo Baldo. Most pioneering research was performed before 1929 in Europe. The modern scientific method of analyzing individual strokes in handwriting began in 1915 by Milton Bunker.

Q8: Is handwriting analysis a science or an art?

A: It is a clinical science. The Library of Congress categorized it as a credible social science in 1981. It is not a hard science like chemistry. It falls under the same category as psychology.

Q9: Who uses handwriting analysis?

A: Anyone interested in gaining a better understanding of themselves and others:
1) Individuals for self-improvement: they gain a better understanding of themselves and often incorporate aspects of grapho-therapy to change bad habits.
2) Single people to aid in the selection of compatible partners.
3) Couples to improve current relationships through better understanding and communication.
4) All people of all ages in the work force for career counseling.
5) Employers for personnel selection.
6) The courts for forgery and questioned documents.
7) Attorneys to aid the jury selection process.
8) Law enforcement in investigating evidence involving handwritten notes.
9) Businesses for credit rating assistance.
10) Psychologists for personality evaluation and therapy.

Q10: What about people who print?

A: It is a generality, but worth answering. People who print have put up a barrier to keep the world from getting to know them. They do not easily express their inner-most feelings. People who print take longer to experience intimacy and tend to have a strong external protective mental shell that is often seen as confidence.
It is estimated that over half of men in the United States prefer to print rather than write cursive. This is the same tendency that says "I'd rather sit here in pain rather than express my feelings."
Some men learn at an early age to keep their insecure feelings hidden from the world. And yes, they do often have to print because of their messy handwriting, but the answer still applies.

Q11: What about people who have a combination of both printing and cursive?

A: People that mix and match both cursive and print are quite normal. It indicates a tendency to be in a hurry and be flexible given unusual circumstances. Too much printing - or block printing - indicates a barrier to intimacy and inability to express feelings.
Mixing printing and cursive really isn't an unusual event. In fact, it is so common that taken by itself, it's meaning is not terribly significant. We must look at the rest of the writing.

Q12: Why does my handwriting change from day to day?

A: Certain strokes represent emotions and moods. As your feelings and moods change from minute to minute, those corresponding particular strokes will change. However, the basic character-defining traits will remain the same. And, if you "really" have a total variation in handwriting styles, you are one moody person and should cut down on the sugar snacks.

Q13: What can be told from a person's signature?

A: The signature represents what a person wants the world to see or what he wants to be, an image that may or may not be the same as the inner self. Because a signature contains only a few letters, it does not provide enough information for the analyst to make a complete and accurate evaluation.

Q14: My signature is illegible. What does that mean?

A: It means people have a hard time reading your name. Seriously, illegible handwriting can mean a number of things. In general, an illegible signature reveals a desire to be seen but not known, keeping things private.
You may want to keep your true identity hidden. It could also mean you are in a hurry. People who continually sign their name all day long often do so in a hurry and, therefore, don't care what their signature looks like. Illegible handwriting in combination with other specific traits may indicate dishonesty, but there are a lot of variables.

Q15: Why is my signature different than how I write everything else?

A: Because the signature is a badge to the world. It is a representation of what a person wants the world to see about himself. A signature that is different from the rest of his writing says he does not want to reveal everything about himself. There may be some aspect of his personality that he wants to hide, so he creates a new "person" by creating a signature with a different look.

Q16: Do you analyze the writing of a left-handed person the same as a right-handed person?

A: Yes. Whether a person writes with the right or left hand, the traits revealed will be the same. Even people that have learned to write with their mouth or foot, due to amputations of their limbs, reveal the same information from their "brain writing."

Q17: Why do left-handed people slant their letters backwards?

A: The question contains an invalid presupposition... not all left-handed people slant backwards.
Although many left-handed people have a leftward slant to their writing, it is not because they are left-handed. Many right-handed people have writing that slants to the left, and many left-handed people slant their writing to the right. Handwriting that slants to the left, or backward, indicates a person who does not readily express his feelings. He keeps his emotions hidden and reacts to the world around him in a reserved and logical manner. People who have experienced a traumatic event in their life or a severe illness often pull their handwriting to the left because they turn their thoughts and feelings inward.
Often, left-handed people experience emotional pain because they feel "different" being in a world that is primarily right-handed. Teachers or parents may have tried to force them to write with their right hand which produced emotional trauma that caused them to turn inward resulting in a leftward slant in their handwriting.

Q18: Are there "good" and "bad" traits?

A: Traits are neither "good" nor "bad" in themselves. They just "are." Our judgment of whether or not the trait is useful in a given situation makes us label these traits "good" or "bad." However, each trait can have both negative and positive features depending on how the trait manifests itself in behavior as it combines with other aspects of one's personality. Handwriting analysis does not judge or label. It serves to identify and understand aspects of personality and behavior.

Q19: Is handwriting analysis an invasion of privacy?

A: No, but it could make someone feel a little naked. Seriously, the Supreme Court, in 1977, "United States v. Sydney Rosinsky" (FRP249), ruled: "What someone's handwriting looks like is considered public information -- similar to, for example, how someone dresses or their body language, and the psychological analysis that can be extracted from the information is not considered an invasion of privacy."

Q20: How prevalent is handwriting analysis in companies for employee screening?

A: Since the outlawing of the lie detector test (polygraph machine) as a prospective employee screening tool in the United States in 1988, the use of handwriting analysis has been on the rise as part of the hiring process.
Although the US has been slower than Europe to accept handwriting analysis, it is now growing in popularity by major corporations. In France, Spain, Holland and Israel, approximately 80% of companies use handwriting analysis for analyzing potential employees according to a 1988 report by "The Wall Street Journal." Research in England shows that approximately 7.9% of English companies use handwriting analysis.

Q21: Can handwriting reveal a person's honesty?

A: There is no single trait that indicates honesty. However, there are several traits that, when present in certain combinations with each other and with other traits, can give us clues about a person's integrity. There are also traits that indicate talkativeness, secretiveness, and deceit. As anyone who has ever been to court will testify, ethics are a very subjective thing, so the trait of "honesty" has many factors that it depends upon.

Q22: Can you tell if a person is a criminal by his handwriting?

A: No, by definition a person isn't a criminal until he has been convicted of a crime.
A combination of certain traits can warn of possible criminal tendencies, but handwriting cannot reveal whether a person has or will commit a crime. You can make an educated guess about the person's likelihood to obey the rules, become gullible, aggressive, or even steal... but you can't be definitive about his criminal bent.


Q23: Why don't people write the way they were taught in elementary school?

A: Some people do, just look at your local third grade teacher. As children grow and mature, their handwriting changes and becomes a unique representation of their individual personality characteristics. The more a person's writing varies from the model they were taught, the more their morals and attitudes move away from the conventional model of the world they were taught as kids.

Q24: Is handwriting analysis the same for all languages?

A: It depends on the alphabet. The strokes that are relevant in a Latin-based language are well researched and widely taught. Therefore, all Latin-based languages such as English, Spanish, Italian, French, etc. are fair game. However, many languages have completely different alphabets and, therefore, different analysis techniques.

Q25: Can I really change my personality by changing my handwriting?

A: Grapho-Therapy is one of the most modern and effective behavioral modification tools available today. It works for two reasons. First, neuro-muscular connections have a direct impact on the neuro-pathways to the brain that hold patterns of behavior. Secondly, it gives the subject a clear and visual representation of the change she is making on a daily basis... reinforcing the belief system and cementing the change in behavior consciously and unconsciously.

Q26: I have a tendency to imitate other peoples' handwriting. What does this mean?

A: It could mean you admire and model other people... a good trait as long as you pick good people to model... make sure they don't have any hell traits.

Q27: If I see writing on a daily basis which is uniform and attractive, I mimic the style. Does this show a lack of personal style?

A: Not necessarily a lack of personal style, but the attraction to uniform and attractive writing reveals a need for security, possible conservative tendency, and maybe even an "anal retentive" need for control and perfectionism.

Q28: After copying a style for a while, I can also mimic signatures. I wouldn't say they're perfect, but they do greatly resemble one another.

A: As far as the signatures go... it will be useful in forging documents... at least you're not a criminal...

Q29: Are handwriting analysts used by corporations when there is a theft and they are trying to find the culprit?

A: Yes, but not always. You have to have a relationship with the head of security because it is also highly secretive. Q: Are writing samples taken from each employee? A: Yes, usually from the applications.

Q30: I sometimes forget to cross my t's and dot my i's. What does this mean?

A: Forgetting to cross your t's or dot your i's is a sign of NOT paying attention to detail. This is also called absentmindedness. Do you know where you left your car keys?

Q31: I'm wondering about the correlation between handwriting analysis and the Myers-Briggs personality typing system. Are you able to identify personality type based on handwriting analysis?

A: Good question. You can identify personality, that's the whole premise behind handwriting analysis. However, the language isn't identical to the other standard tests, which vary among themselves.
I did an informal test between the MMPI and handwriting analysis in 1989 with an outstanding result. The correlation was over 3.0, which is very high (publishable). Since it wasn't formal, the psychologist I was working with couldn't publish it.
There are strong correlations between the M-B and the handwriting personality styles, but I've never read a book that "does" the cross-correlations. I would assume if you know both test methods well, you could figure it out. Good luck.

Q32: One graphologist told me that if the trait is in the handwriting, then it's a reality; another said it's possible to carry only the trait and never act on it. Please let me know your thoughts on this.

A: The latter is correct. You have to weigh all the factors to predict "action," and even then it takes timing and opportunity before someone acts on it. The traits increase the risk factor.

Q33: When a person is writing about something they like, such as football, or a sport, or even chess or gambling, is there any way to determine if they are good at this by reading the traits?

A: No. You will be able to determine their level of optimism and emotional intensity for the activity, but it doesn't really vary that much simply by a single word.

Q34: Can you find out what job one might excel at by graphology traits?

A: Yes, it can be very helpful. It is a very common use for this science.

Q35: Some people's handwriting looks alike. Is it really?

A: No, although general appearance may appear similar, no two people have exactly the same handwriting. Once you start analyzing the many varieties of strokes, you realize that the overall "appearance" of a handwriting sample can be deceptive and that most handwriting samples have glaring differences.

Source: http://myhandwriting.com/