Interest in studying the character of a person through the different realities of his daily life has always been, from the very moment people have a need for close communication with each other. Graphology is a science that focuses on the relationship between a person's handwriting and his character traits. For all its specificity, the use of the basics of graphology is becoming more and more common. Interest in graphology also affected us. Let's figure out what kind of science it is, which can tell the secrets of a person just by his handwriting or a short painting.
From ancient times
Mentions of the first attempts to find out the personality traits of a person by handwriting are attributed to the times of Nero and Confucius. The latter, in one of the written monuments of that era, stated that he could tell exactly which person is "generous" and which is "vulgar" by looking at their handwriting.
The ancient Roman writer Suetonius contributed to the history of the origin ofgraphology by characterizing the handwriting of Emperor Augustus, his contemporary.
The emergence of modern graphology
At the beginning of the 17th century, the first book on graphology was published in Italy. Its author was Professor Camillo Balde. Unfortunately, that work did not become popular.
In the 18th century, the study of the issues considered by the current graphology (handwriting and character) was carried out in Zurich, but only as an addition to the issues of physiognomy. At that time, Pastor Lavater, the author of physiognomic studies, gave the name "graphic portraits" to the signs of writing, by which one or another side of the character is determined.
1872 is a significant year for modern graphology: then the book "The System of Graphology" by Abbé Jean-Hippolyte Michon appeared. He is considered the founder of graphology as a science. He was the first to use the term "graphology", the meaning of which indicates that it has Greek roots ("I write" + "science").
Abbe Michon did more for graphology at that time than all other researchers: he systematized knowledge, popularized a new science.
Practicing the principles formulated by Michon was easy, since the object of study were separate fairly simple details: slopes, strokes, lines, etc. Today, such principles would seem too simplistic and inaccurate, but some of them are still considered correct to this day.
Communication of handwriting and character
Graphology is closely related to psychological research. And naturallythat there have been attempts through psychology and psychiatry to test the reliability of data that can be learned from a person's handwriting.
Studies have shown that handwriting recognition can indeed partially characterize a person's inclinations, he alth status, and behavior. This was confirmed in the last century by the data of the then developing psychiatry and psychology. This brought a special status to the science of handwriting. Since then, in the US, for example, graphology has been a legal method of selecting people for jobs.
What can be learned with graphology
Handwriting analysis will help to find out the mental abilities of a person, his self-esteem, willpower and many other aspects of personality. In fact, the use of graphological analysis is very close to a complete psychodiagnostics of personality.
From handwriting you can extract the information that is only in the subconscious of a person. Thus, graphology is a powerful tool for self-knowledge.
To summarize, with the help of handwriting you can find out the personal qualities of a person, both congenital and acquired, the difficulties present in his life at the time of writing the sample, the state of he alth. The latter is very closely related to handwriting: it has been proven that the slightest change in well-being and he alth is reflected in writing.
However, the study of handwriting will not give exhaustive information about a person's life. So, in many cases it is impossible to tell what he works for, whether he has love affairs, children, whether he likes cats or dogs.
Studying handwriting
Bthe study of handwriting pays attention to the various characteristics of the records. So, the main criteria by which a handwriting sample is characterized are the size of letters, pressure, line thickness, ligaments between letters, the presence or absence of margins, the distance between words, the roundness or angularity of letters, the direction of the lines.
In addition, special attention is paid to writing individual letters. First of all, it is the letter "r", giving information about the aggressiveness of the person who wrote it. The character of the outline of the stroke in the letter is evaluated (its length, slope).
When receiving a sample for analysis, it is important that the person writes on an unlined piece of paper. This is necessary in order to show all the features of his handwriting, in particular the direction of the lines.
Studying signatures
In addition to samples of written texts, in the field of study of such a science as graphology - character by signature. It turns out that important information can be hidden in such a short inscription.
When evaluating signatures in graphology, the following criteria are taken into account: the direction of the signature (up, down or straight), length, nature of the letters, features of the beginning and end of the signature, links between characters, pressure, sharpness or roundness of letters, the presence or absence of decorating elements, dots, numbers. Specialists evaluate the signature according to many other criteria, if the information already received is not enough.
Applying graphology today
In our time, specialists from various industries, includingwork with people, discovered that graphology is a great tool, an assistant in the selection of people with the necessary qualities for work. Therefore, many companies select employees using graphological analysis. This method is also used to select reliable people for human rights bodies.
Germany is notable for the fact that there are becoming popular visits by the bride and groom to the graphologist so that he can help determine whether they are suitable for living together.
Space medicine has also adopted graphology. Specialists analyze the notes of astronauts in order to learn about the state of the central nervous system of people in space conditions by changes in handwriting.
Medicine uses graphological analysis to identify certain diseases whose symptoms are manifested in handwriting.
The use of handwriting examination in forensics is widely known.
Not so long ago, a branch of graphology appeared that studies handwriting samples obtained from a person under hypnosis. Interesting information was obtained that if the subject was told that he was 6 years old, his handwriting became the same as it was at that age.
Conclusions
In the article we have given some data about what kind of interesting modern science it is - graphology, examples of which are amazing in different fields of knowledge. We have found that it can be used to learn about human qualities that might otherwise never be discovered.
The basics of graphology will most likely help you find out if a person is left-handed orright-handed, emotional or reserved, callous or kind. However, it is impossible to determine by handwriting whether a person was married, whether he has pets, and the like.
The meaning of a signature in graphology is an important aspect that constitutes a separate section of science, no less interesting than the rest.
We also indicated that it is not necessary to rely on graphological analysis data as an unquestioning truth, because they never give a 100% correct result. Rather, graphology in communicating with people should be used in order to verify something or clarify some character traits.
