It’s spring!  The leaves are on the trees (or if you live in the far north as I do, the leaves are thinking of coming out on the trees), and for you lucky people in mild climates, the flowers are out.

So I thought for this edition we would look in a lighthearted way at how your writing shows what type of garden you will prefer. 

Handwriting does not show interests, so it cannot show if you are an avid gardener or not, but it can show some indications of what type of garden you would have should you decide to have one.

Firstly, will it be a wealth of vibrant colours, sizes, shapes and perfumes?  Or will you want a more subdued look, perhaps with carefully chosen blending colours?

Satisfaction from deep rich colour, a profusion of blooms and scents shows in writing which is written with heavy pressure.  Very light writing will illustrate a more subdued taste.

Look next at the lower case “f”.  If all your lower case “f”s are split into two equal size parts (by the cross bar, or the end of the loop crossing back over the stem) then you are showing organizational skill, which probably means your garden will be  

laid out in organized fashion.  If it’s a large garden, you will probably plan it out carefully before you start.   The more “lop-sided” the “f”, the less organized you and your garden are likely to be.

If you have large upper and lower loops in your writing (excluding “t” and “d”), then imagination is present – so your garden may be a display of creativity and originality…. And any unique letter formations (i.e. that just look different from how others write) will emphasize this inclination.

Once all these flowers are in place, will you remember to water and weed them regularly?  Two things will give us a clue to the answer to this question.  Are your “i”s all dotted and your “t”s all crossed?  If so, your memory should serve you well to remember to be kind to your plants.  

But even with a good memory and organization, you could well forget if you have too many other things going on in you life, causing confusion.  For this check out if one line of writing runs into the next line below or above it.  This is an indication of confusion of interests – too many things on the go; so everything is partially done, nothing completely done.

Having made this gorgeous landscape, will you be content just to sit on your deck and admire it peacefully, or would you like others to admire it with you?  If the final stroke before lifting the pen from the paper, bends up, and stretches above the tops of the lower case letters (like an arm waving for attention) then – you’ve guessed it – you like recognition for your efforts, so would probably also want to have a dazzling display in the front for passersby to admire.  A right hand slant and lower loops will show someone who is likely to invite friends over to share their patio, company and floral display.

But whether you are a gardener or not, spring is a lovely time of year, so enjoy.