Introduction:- Perhaps nothing in the world has been more confusing to man than man himself- unique, non-standard and quite unpredictable- the facets of his personality hidden under multiple layers of concealment. . . and for some reason man appears to think that woman is even more complicated- but that’s another story!
Graphology is the art and science of understanding people through the study of graphic movement such as handwriting, signature and drawings.
Graphology started as a formally researched science in the 17th century, though there are references to its use dating back to the Chinese and Roman times. Since then Graphology has made great strides and developed into a precise science based on authoritative empirical work. It has been used and practiced by persons like Einstein, Freud and Binet, the designer of the first IQ test. Binet called Graphology ‘the science of the future’- and the future has arrived!
Validation:- Graphology is a psychological science and has nothing to do with the occult. It analyzes every aspect of the subject’s personality and attitude and does not claim to predict or influence the future.
We desperately need to understand people - what makes them tick, how they would react in a given situation, their strengths and weaknesses, what they respond to and how they can best be handled.
Scientists have analyzed thousands of samples of handwriting to correlate handwriting characteristics with known personality traits such as attitudes, aptitudes, intelligence, temperament, motivation, integrity and many more. The science is well documented and is accepted as a valid tool in understanding people. Today graphology is widely used in Europe, the U.K., U.S.A, South Africa and Israel in corporate, defense and psychiatric fields - in fact in any area where it is important to understand people well. In India, Graphology is a resource of great potential which is now being accepted as a valid tool in determining personality traits. Individuals and companies that have ventured to use it have benefited immensely.
How Graphology Works:- There is no magic about Graphology. Your handwriting is a record of your personality, a mirror in which is reflected your character and abilities, your thoughts and emotions, your talents and ambitions and your attitude to the past, the future and the world around you. All this and much more is set down in a permanent record by the strokes of your pen.
If you were to compare samples of your handwriting at various times over a period of years you will notice how they vary. In school we were taught to write in a cursive manner between four lines. Today your handwriting and mine bears little resemblance to the samples from our school days and even less resemblance to one another. Just as your personality has changed and developed over the years, so has your handwriting, its faithful echo.
The reason for this relationship between handwriting and personality is that every nervous and muscular movement originates in the brain. The hand merely holds the writing instrument. It is the brain that directs its movements, which is responsible for the way you write. Handwriting is literally ‘brain-writing’, which like fingerprints, is uniquely your own.
Universal Concepts:- There are certain universal concepts that apply, particularly in scripts that run from left to right with the lines from the top of the page downward. To us, right is ‘forward’ or ‘future’ and left is ‘back’ or ‘past’, up is 'positive' and down is 'negative', large is more ‘open’ than small, rounded is ‘relaxed’ and angular is ‘tense’.
Consider some of the phrases we use: “On top of the world”, “down in the dumps”, “Go right ahead”, I feel left behind” (we never say “up in the dumps”, or "go left ahead”!). Even the controls of our music systems reflect this. You turn the knob right to advance or increase and left to go back or decrease. Such concepts are imprinted in our subconscious and reflect in the way we write.
How far your handwriting differs from the schoolroom model is significant. If your handwriting strongly resembles the way you were trained to write in school, you tend to be conventional and base your behavior on ‘expected’ norms. The more your handwriting deviates from the way you were taught, the more unconventional you are, acting according to self-prescribed norms and standards.
Graphology is the art and science of understanding people through the study of graphic movement such as handwriting, signature and drawings.
Graphology started as a formally researched science in the 17th century, though there are references to its use dating back to the Chinese and Roman times. Since then Graphology has made great strides and developed into a precise science based on authoritative empirical work. It has been used and practiced by persons like Einstein, Freud and Binet, the designer of the first IQ test. Binet called Graphology ‘the science of the future’- and the future has arrived!
Validation:- Graphology is a psychological science and has nothing to do with the occult. It analyzes every aspect of the subject’s personality and attitude and does not claim to predict or influence the future.
We desperately need to understand people - what makes them tick, how they would react in a given situation, their strengths and weaknesses, what they respond to and how they can best be handled.
Scientists have analyzed thousands of samples of handwriting to correlate handwriting characteristics with known personality traits such as attitudes, aptitudes, intelligence, temperament, motivation, integrity and many more. The science is well documented and is accepted as a valid tool in understanding people. Today graphology is widely used in Europe, the U.K., U.S.A, South Africa and Israel in corporate, defense and psychiatric fields - in fact in any area where it is important to understand people well. In India, Graphology is a resource of great potential which is now being accepted as a valid tool in determining personality traits. Individuals and companies that have ventured to use it have benefited immensely.
How Graphology Works:- There is no magic about Graphology. Your handwriting is a record of your personality, a mirror in which is reflected your character and abilities, your thoughts and emotions, your talents and ambitions and your attitude to the past, the future and the world around you. All this and much more is set down in a permanent record by the strokes of your pen.
If you were to compare samples of your handwriting at various times over a period of years you will notice how they vary. In school we were taught to write in a cursive manner between four lines. Today your handwriting and mine bears little resemblance to the samples from our school days and even less resemblance to one another. Just as your personality has changed and developed over the years, so has your handwriting, its faithful echo.
The reason for this relationship between handwriting and personality is that every nervous and muscular movement originates in the brain. The hand merely holds the writing instrument. It is the brain that directs its movements, which is responsible for the way you write. Handwriting is literally ‘brain-writing’, which like fingerprints, is uniquely your own.
Universal Concepts:- There are certain universal concepts that apply, particularly in scripts that run from left to right with the lines from the top of the page downward. To us, right is ‘forward’ or ‘future’ and left is ‘back’ or ‘past’, up is 'positive' and down is 'negative', large is more ‘open’ than small, rounded is ‘relaxed’ and angular is ‘tense’.
Consider some of the phrases we use: “On top of the world”, “down in the dumps”, “Go right ahead”, I feel left behind” (we never say “up in the dumps”, or "go left ahead”!). Even the controls of our music systems reflect this. You turn the knob right to advance or increase and left to go back or decrease. Such concepts are imprinted in our subconscious and reflect in the way we write.
How far your handwriting differs from the schoolroom model is significant. If your handwriting strongly resembles the way you were trained to write in school, you tend to be conventional and base your behavior on ‘expected’ norms. The more your handwriting deviates from the way you were taught, the more unconventional you are, acting according to self-prescribed norms and standards.
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