If you should ask any reliable psychoanalyst, "What is a man?" he would probably answer that a man is a composition of everything that ever happened to him. Various occurrences occupy different levels of importance in an individual’s life, but, at any given point, every one of them plays a role. When a graphologist is doing an analysis, he must gather every fact and subject it to careful consideration before attributing to it the degree of strength he believes it shares in the personality.

Consider the list of traits that the graphologist analyzes (see introduction). It would definitely be helpful to the beginning analyst to use this list until it becomes natural to him, so he no longer needs it and can do the analysis without having to refer to it-although the trained graphologist uses this list automatically.

A word of caution: Let the sample writing under analysis tell you the story. Take as evidence only what can be proved from the writing in front of you-it should contain all the facts you require. Whether or not others agree with you, if your analysis is based on the solid facts of the handwriting, then it will be correct.

Do not, under any circumstances, rely on your personal impression of the person who hands you the writing sample. It may not even be his handwriting.

So on to the final analysis. Pictured here is part of a letter from an American male, aged forty-eight to a friend.

A quick glance or two and we see that certain characteristics are prominent. We note almost immediately the widening left margin, which indicates haste, impatience, enthusiasm, oblivion to economic necessities and a certain innate lavishness. We see that the lines of writing slope upwards-sign of a pushing, buoyant spirit ambition, optimism, restlessness. We observe the Greek e coupled with the Greek d, an indication of literary talent. But let us not move too swiftly towards a conclusion that may lack certain important elements. Let us take the analysis stage by stage.

Slant: A definite right slant. Again, we have optimism, together with spontaneity. Again, we have initiative. We have strong sympathies and antipathies, which go with the firmly rooted convictions indicated by his spacing between words. Courage, ambition, idealism together with a drive for independence. He is courageous, perhaps a little aggressive, with a pioneer spirit. Impetuous and affectionate, he is a humanitarian and an advocate of marriage in the prevailing sense. The impetuosity indicated by his slant conflicts with the indications of caution in his word-spacing, but this impetuosity is corroborated to a certain extent by the haste and impatience indicated by his left margin. We might, in the final analysis, be forced to discount this pointer to caution.

The zones: The upper, middle and lower zones appear to be well¬ proportioned. Generally there is uniformity which indicates a certain even, peaceable temperament, a fondness for order, serenity or indifference or rigidity or callousness or apathy-other corroborating signs will tell us which. Re-examine the writing for symmetry. Is there, perhaps, a tendency towards an over-developed middle zone? There may be a sentimental or feminine streak in the writer's make-up. He may have an overcompensated inferiority complex, giving an impression of conceit. Other signs as we go on with the analysis will tell us if this is true.

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