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Grateful to Lynn Nadel, Professor of Psychology at the University of Arizona who presented on memory today at the Hard-Science Science Fiction Group at the Arizona Inn and who inspired me to comment on memory as it is revealed through handwriting analysis.
It was most interesting to learn about memory slowly gained through one’s lifetime that becomes the more static, main memory vs. episodal memory relating to more recent, fluid events which make it less influential, perhaps, in the sense of: last episode in, first episode out.
Learning starts at birth, even in utero, we are told and the formation of memory in children takes place between the ages of two to four years.
Especially useful was the explanation about phobias and how some are created through a child’s impression gained from parents’ or other adults’ response to the presence of a bug/snake/etc., without the child’s ever actually having a memory of himself experiencing fear.
Whereas research in psychology must be carefully performed on specific behavior patterns so that it may be repeated and produce the same findings, the graphological approach would then perhaps be considered a holistic approach, combining several individual traits to reach specific conclusions.
Graphological findings of old are based on the analysis of cursive handwriting. Printing has become the standard of today which allows for analysis as well, but with fewer indicators. The findings and illustrations below are based on cursive writing. Writing specimens are furnished at the end.
I: Memory
A good memory is seen in handwriting when the i-dot is closely set over the i-stem and placed right over it in accordance with the slant (not far off to the left or right).
See No. 1 ‘similar’
II: Emotional Memory
The person who writes with heavy pen pressure carries with him all his experiences for a lifetime. Things that happened many years ago can be recalled with the same force of feeling as if they had just occurred.
See No. 2 ‘Heavy’
The writer whose pen barely touches the paper and easily glides over the surface will forget about an adverse event and go on with his life as if nothing bad has happened. There is little need for forgiveness, because the act has already been forgotten.
See No. 3 ‘light’
If the writing pressure is average, between light and heavy, so is the memory of an event. The ability to recall previous experiences is average. The writer will be influenced by past experience, but not to the degree that it can be recalled with great intensity.
See No. 4 ‘moderate’
III: Memory of a perceived injustice suffered
Most of us have at one time or another felt unjustly slighted, insulted or injured by others. If such unresolved memories cause bitterness and are affecting current daily activities, friendships and attitudes, it would reveal itself in one’s handwriting in the form of a rigid (unbent) upstroke from the baseline to the downstroke of the initial letter of a word.
See No. 5 ‘mind’
If the perceived wrongs reach back into one’s childhood years, the rigid upstroke starts well below the baseline of writing.
See No. 6 ‘hurt’
Again, one would have to take into consideration other aspects of the script for a more comprehensive interpretation.
IV: Memory of lessons learned
A writer who has made certain mistakes and has learned from the consequences and no longer makes the same mistakes again will show it in the letters g and y wherein the loop below the baseline is closed and brought back to the baseline. This completion of the loop further indicates that the person will keep his promises and fulfill his obligations.
See No. 7 ‘range’
The people who keep making the same mistakes again and again will have an incomplete loop below the baseline.
See No. 8 ‘range’
Caution: If the letters g and y have a firm, straight downstroke without any curves or hooks attached, the script reveals a different trait: the person is not so much a team player, as he is completely self-reliant.
See No. 9 ‘many’
V: Learning and Memorizing
Because handwriting is brainwriting (not limited to hand, but might be foot or mouth), we equate rhythmic script with the ability to learn easily. If the brain functions in a rhythmic manner, it is capable of learning and retaining the lessons with ease and speed and this is seen in a rhythmic and speedy script. It may have angles or garlands at the baseline, and have angles in the upper part of letters m, n, r. If these writers forget what they have learned, it does not matter much, because they simply re-learn when the need arises.
See No. 10 ‘going fast’
If the writing is slow and the letters m and n feature a rounded top, the person will learn at a slower pace, carefully building up their understanding. Because of the laborious way of learning, they will retain their lessons longer than the fast writer and thereby perhaps make fewer mistakes.
See No. 11 ‘gowing slow’
VI: Learning Patterns
When the handwriting is small, perhaps 1-2 mm in height in the middle zone (letters m, n, r, etc.), this tells us that the writer is concentrating. He is highly engrossed into his subject to the exclusion of anything else. Concentration is especially useful in research, accounting and similarly related fields, and represents almost a luxury by business standards, because ideally such individuals need a more circumspect support staff to function well. Because the person is able to “lose himself” in the item of interest, he may forget about time and other appointments and needs to be constantly reminded of such matters. However, again, he will have gained much more information and be more knowledgeable about a specific subject than the person with a large script.
See No. 12 ‘mail box’
The person whose writing is very large, if it is in good form, is constantly in tune with his environment and gets easily distracted. He will keep the big picture in mind and not be as detail oriented as the writer with small script. Keeping the big picture in mind is a quality that lends itself well to leadership, supervisory/managerial or sales activities, rather than doing tedious research work.
See No. 13 ‘mail box’
The writer with an average sized script, again, represents the norm between the two extremes presented.
There is no “good” or “bad” associated with specific findings through handwriting analysis. Every stroke, every trait needs to be compared with other findings in order to obtain a good picture of the personality. The main hope is that a person finds his niche in life, and that his chosen profession and workplace are compatible with the writer’s inherent talents and temperament.
These few lines have been limited to memory and learning patterns as they appear in a person’s handwriting. They represent only a small portion of the overall picture gained of a writer’s character and personality through comprehensive graphoanalysis.
Memory Handwriting Samples
Skylar Khan lives on a vortex in Oracle. She is a Master Graphoanalyst and has been contributing articles to The Oracle Towne Crier about personality traits revealed through Handwriting Analysis. Her book “Handwriting Rocks” is informative and entertaining. For more information, please visit HandwritingAuthority.com
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