Have you ever wondered why each of us has different handwriting? Handwriting, also known as brainwriting, is as individual to the person as fingerprints are. Occupations, relationships, personal problems, as well as health related issues can be identified in a person’s writing. Although analyzing handwriting goes back to the 1600s and originated in Europe, it wasn’t recognized immediately in the USA. Confucius is quoted as saying “Beware of a man whose writing sways like a reed in the wind”.

OK, you ask, so what traits can be found while analyzing handwriting? Many traits can be shown provided the writing is in cursive, because printing is more limited. Cursive provides the analyst with the upstrokes in writing which are very important. For instance, personality types including being outgoing, having a fear of success, living for the moment, anger toward the opposite sex and hundreds more can be found when analyzing handwriting. Other traits that can be seen are a person’s compatibility toward a job; thoughts of suicide; health problems; and the compatibility of a couple when both handwriting samples are analyzed.

Of course, handwriting does have limitations. What cannot be found when analyzing someone’s writing is their gender, their sexual orientation or their age or race. Have there been times when you thought a person’s writing had to have come from a female, only to find out that it was from a male? And handwriting can definitely not predict the future.

Handwriting is very interesting, because not only can you change your personality and watch your writing change as well, but also the reverse is true. Sometimes there are personality traits that we wish we didn’t have, but we don’t know how to get rid of them. One way to change your personality is to use handwriting therapy, also known as graphotherapy. The person learns how to change their writing to rid themselves of unwanted traits and practices this under the graphotherapist’s supervision for 30 days in a row.

Children may even benefit from having their handwriting analyzed, which must be analyzed differently than an adults writing. Maybe a child has a problem concentrating at school or seems to show anger or they tend not to catch on as quickly as other children. These issues can be dealt with successfully using graphotherapy as well.

Analyzing handwriting has many different facets. For instance, it is used in the court of law when dealing with document forgery. Companies are beginning to hire handwriting analysts to assist them in finding the right person for the right job. This is because handwriting analysis is a science – it is not guesswork. Handwriting is becoming a recognized part of therapy.

All in all, handwriting analysis is very interesting and has endless possibilities. Next time you see someone’s signature and or handwriting, you can now know that that person’s personality is right out there in front of you, just waiting to be discovered.

Karen Elly-Trapani can be reached at analysisinmotion@hotmail.com or (248) 495-3182. Visit www.analysisinmotion.net.