hello everyone my name is Leah and today were  gonna be talking about margins there are many  

different factors that go into analyzing a  person's handwriting, margins is just one of them,  

so like anything in handwriting you need to  lookout aa variety of factors before you say  

one thing or another about a person's character  based on their handwriting etc you know the drill.  

can't just make a hypothesis on someone based on  one aspect of their writing or another you have  

to look at the gestalt. also there are numerous  exceptions and different factors but regardless  

of all that today were going to be going over  margins. its highly requested, also margins I  

find is an incredible incredible way to tell alot  about a person just based on that one aspect of  

their handwriting so the first this im gonna  say about margins - this is gonna be my thesis  

statement of the day- how you treat the page is  how you treat the world. that sounds very dramatic  

but its very true. so the standard margin at least  in the United States, let me know in the comments  

if its different n your country, is one inch by  1 inch - basically a one inch border around the  

entire page maybe your thinking is this different  with lined paper or non lined paper? the concepts  

im gonna be saying in this video for the most part  apply whether your using lined paper or not so  

basics- basics about margin analysis is divide  the page into 3rds. this section represents past,  

the middle represents the present this  part represents the future, now Why Leah?

well thats because think about it this way. so  your writing across the page, you start here,  

you end here ideally. - at least for English-  and so that means your going towards the future.  

so here's the past, here's the future. ok let me  show you this in a practical sense. just keep this  

in mind because this is basically the basics.  so lets look at an example like this. where the  

margin is moving forward. so basically this person  is in general on this side. or the future side.  

basically this means this person is  very excited about the future this  

person is moving towards the future so much  so that when they go back to the next line,  

their hand is moving forward  their hand is moving forward.

this is a very dramatic example, usually its a  lot more subtle than this and it still indicates  

a person who is executed about the future is very  goal oriented. this example that im giving you is  

a little dramatic its a little intense. especially  when you couple that with the margin drift aswell.  

usually when your this far crashing into that  right margin it indicates hastiness, not really  

thinking about the consequences of your actions  just being so hast to go towards the future that  

you dont really put in as much thought as maybe  you should. and then lets look at the opposite  

where the line is creeping backwards- I gave you a  little more subtle example where the margin drift  

isn't as intense. but basically the concept of  margin drift is when you go to the next line, its  

starting a little bit further back. your hand is  moving backwards it indicates fear, reservation,  

you're nervous. something is really holding  you back from moving forward and being your  

true spontaneous self. somethings making you  a little more cautious. and sometimes this can  

be situation specific, like if someone is writing  about something that they are particularly nervous  

about, then their page its gonna be more left side  dominant in where their margin is, but if a person  

has this consistent pattern and this goes with  all the patterns that im gonna talk about today,  

if this person has this specific pattern, it means  they're much more comfortable with what they're  

familiar with. they're much more comfortable  really putting a lot of thought into what they  

to before like stampeding into the future. going  back to this one, there is also the extreme of  

crashing into the margin- not having enough space.  in sheila Lowe's book "decoding handwriting" she  

describes this as a persons inability to  basically understand their resources. they  

think they're gonna have enough space but they  dont. and sometimes this happens every once and a  

while in which case dont worry about it but if its  happening constantly , it indicates someone who  

they dont understand that , no sir you dont have  enough money to do that or no you dont have enough  

time to finish that assignment, or not you dont  have enough time. they think they can make it  

work but they dont have a good understanding of  their resources. a lot of different graphology  

books will argue that how you use your margin  is how you use time and money, for example,  

theres the extreme of using up every square inch  of the page often this indicates someone who-

A: has a super racing mind. or B: is really  "cheap". thats not my favorite word to use  

but yeah someone who very very stingy,  about their money like Iwas looking at  

someone's handwriting and his note book- every  single square inch was used. and Iasked him,  

are your good?are you getting enough  money? are you eating enough? are you  

struggling financially? and hes like:no im fine,  however I do have a buc=nch of spreadsheets that  

say exactly how my money is spent. so  using your resources to their entirely.

hopefully all of this is making sense. so margins.  in general people will line things up wit the  

red line, keep going until the blue line, maybe a  little past it, but in general, attempting to line  

things up handing enough space to have that one  inch margin on this side. and starting here and  

that normal- people are like "oh Leah my margin  isn't totally normal here" thats fine. this margin  

its fine for it to be irregular. its actually more  of a concern if it perfectly lines up with the  

blue line or the faint outline, whatever- this  margin, thats more of a concern because thats  

actually really hard to do. to perfectly line up  your sentences and words to finish at that line,  

thats really hard to do that usually indicates  someone who is really really trying to be perfect  

all the time. they're trying to make everything  look super neat a little obsessively so if you're  

a person like this, um... its ok to relax. thats  what Iwould say to you. so that perfectly lined  

up with the blue line, what about this margin  here so they're also the example of someone who  

moved across the entire page. and this can happen  on unlinked paper as well, they're using up the  

entirety of the width of the page. not necessarily  using the entire page, but using the entire  

WIDTHof the page. usually that indicates someone  who is a little over whelming they kind of suck  

out the like in a room that sounds a little mean  but its because everything is for them everything  

is about them and they're using up everything and  thats why they can be a little bit overwhelming to  

be around because they kindof dont leave space  for other people's opinions also when you write  

over the red line - often times graphologists  will describe this line as the line of society  

because you start at this line and you keep going.  but if you write over this line, alot of people  

who do this are he types of people that make  their own rules. they dont usually follow the  

rules of society. they kinda- hey amber. they can  be the types of people who won't listen to others  

nd just dod whats best for them. similarly  there are people who disregard this line,  

and there are ppl that disregard these lines.  so people who disregard these lines of the page  

entirely - kids similar. this indicates a  person who really makes their own rules.  

they do things their way. and this can result  in rally really creative people , really smart,  

ingenious people sometimes however, they'll do  what best for them at the expense of others.  

so take that how you will. another unique example  usually you'll see this more on ppl if they're  

writing on an unlined piece of paper versus a  lined paper its people who write in the middle  

of the page. very interesting bc they're not using  the past they're not using the future so they're  

really all in the present. meaning they're very  much wrapped up in their day to day life also  

its the center of the page so they do want to be  the center of attention so they're disconnected  

from their past, they're disconnected from  their future, so often ppl who write like this  

do feel very alone. bc they're not really  connected to anything other than where they're  

at today so- oh yes I was talking about how ppl  treat the lines themselves of the page. these  

blue horizontal lines so we talked a little about  the people who disregard those lines of the page,  

ok lets talk about some other examples of that  even though that doesn't really fit in the  

category of margins, I think its still pretty  important. here's an example so you see with  

this one, this one has words that are constantly  above that line of the paper, do you see that how  

it floats above that baseline, so the baseline in  writing- im not gonna go too deep into baselines  

bc this is a vid about margins, but baseline it  indicates your reality thats why if you have a  

really wavy baseline it indicates someone who's  a bit ungrounded - meow- AMBER please. ppl that  

have lines that are constantly above the line  and if its not consistent than its not the case,  

but if they're above the page it indicates someone  who's not really connected to their reality. hi. 

then we do have the flip side- of words that cling  to the Iines of the paper. this person they're  

clinging to their reality. they're holding on  really tightly theres some tension in that. theres  

some anxiety in that. hopefully I didn't miss  anything. ive been studying handwriting for a very  

long time so my sources are kindof a compilation  of everything ive learned over the years but ill  

list some books that I really like that have  some good things to say about margins in the  

description. let me know in the comments if any  of these speak to you if you have any consistent  

patterns, also ppl often say- "oh my handwriting  doesn't do any of these" well firstly, look a  

little closer, bc often you do have a pattern you  just dont see it bc your look at your handwriting  

all the time so its hard for you to make out the  pattern, but in general if you have any sort of  

massive variability in your handwriting usually  that type of variability indicates a writer  

that you can't count of to act consistently. ok if  youre new here my name is ;Leah also graphology is  

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