By Kathi McKnight, Graphologist, Written for TidBits
Dear Kathi,
I’m a left-handed writer; does that influence what you can tell about my handwriting?
“Lefty” in Indianapolis Indiana
Dear “Lefty,”
Did you know you have something in common with the two presidential candidates? Both Barak Obama and John McCain are left-handed. In fact, four of the last five presidents were/are left handed; Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton. George W. Bush is right-handed.
Whether you are right or left-handed, the same information is revealed in your handwriting. Why? Because it is the brain, not the hand that determines the hand with which you write. That is why handwriting is often called brain writing.
Nerve impulses travel from the brain, down the arm, through the hand, out the fingers, and the deep-seated emotional beliefs and authentic thinking patterns get driven out of the pen and deposited on paper. What the writer puts on the paper reflects emotional and belief patterns that are held inside at a very deep level.
The graphologist reads between the lines and decodes them to tell incredible insights even if all the writer did was to write the Pledge of Allegiance.
I was first introduced to this subject when, at a very young age, my father took me to an adult education class in handwriting analysis. You could always count on him to be a bit of a rebel and to bring a warm hearted goofy sense of humor to things. I remember him telling the story of submitting a paper to the instructor, deliberately trying to disguise the handwriting by writing it with his left hand.
The instructor brought it to the attention of the class, not knowing whose paper it was, and said, “Whoever has tried to fool me with their writing by writing it left handed, don’t bother. I know the writer is not left handed!” I remember him giggling about getting “busted” on this, like a school boy who had just got caught dipping the little brunette’s braids in the ink bottle (not that either he or I are that old). But the point was driven home that handwriting never ever lies.
So the long answer to your question, Mr. Lefty, is not to worry. A certified graphologist can tell every bit as much from your left-handed writing as she can from your right-handed writing. She can tell if you have an undeveloped latent creative talent that is lying dormant or she can describe your relationship with your parents. She can tell if you live by the golden rule or she can describe your sex drive by how you write.
This discussion naturally leads into the slant of the writing and what it reveals. Stay tuned next week, where I’ll give you my ‘slant’ on it.
Until then,
Mind your p’s and q’s.
Kathi McKnight
Would you like to know what your handwriting says about you?
Visit www.TheHandwritingExpert.com. Kathi McKnight is an expert graphologist since 1991. As seen on Fox TV, she is frequently featured on TV, radio and magazines. Send your question to “Just Ask Kathi” at Kathi@KathiMcKnight.com and watch for your question in her column.
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