Handwriting analysis tips: 5 dangerous signature styles you must definitely avoid

(1) Strike-through signature

This is one kind of signature which I always find alarming. The signature you see on your right has been lifted from the suicide note of a Mumbai-based girl who killed herself in 2008. The girl wrote in her suicide note that she was taking the extreme step because she was not well prepared for her exams.

According to signature analysis, the baseline of her suicide note clearly indicates that she was depressed and that she really did not like herself. Look at the strike-through strokes in her signature. Such strokes in signatures reflect self-hatred, a tendency to stab and punish oneself . That’s exactly what the girl did.

Signature analysis says that if you have a signature with horizontal or vertical strike-through strokes (like my reader Mr Chaturvedi has), get rid of it. Because every time you do a signature like this, you reinforce whatever the strokes stand for. If it’s self-hatred, you will dislike yourself all the more and take rash steps to sabotage everything you have accomplished or achieved. Therefore, keep it plain ‘n’ simple.

(2) Camouflage signature

To be honest, I had this type of signature till about four years ago. On the face of it, the signature looks clean and there are no twisted strokes here. But notice the first letter of my name and a circle around it. Now, here is the problem. The stroke is not right. The circle, which kind of camouflages my first name, is self-limiting.

Signature analysis says circles around the first name (see another example) shows the person gets very defensive in public and he is too protective about himself. Such writers have a problem making friends because they do not open up and are always scared of getting hurt. They suspect the motives of people around them, which results in their social isolation. Consequently, they fail to become a part of the life around them.

Usually, people who are extremely sensitive have such signatures. The circle is used by the writer as a protective robe to avoid pain. If you have such a circle around your signature, get rid of it. I did that. The results will surprise you. (By the way, Anil Ambani’s signature falls in this category. Read here)

(3) Small signature

A very small signature reflects lack of confidence to pull off day-to-day tasks. If  it co-exists with other strokes showing low self-esteem, such as low t-bar and small personal pronoun, it becomes an inexhaustible source of diffidence. Whenever such a writer is in a group, he thinks he is the one who has less of everything — looks, money, talent or success — than others. They are the people whose self-respect is always trampled by the crowd. They become an easy target because they do not protest. They lack the courage to speak their mind. After several bruises, they begin to avoid social gatherings. In many cases, such people develop psychological problems. If you have such a signature, enlarge it a bit. But not too much.

Two more examples on next page

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