I thought it would be interesting to run the Zodiac’s handwriting through some of the online analysis sites. Because the killer is yet unidentified, a look at his handwriting might provide some insight to the unkown person. I think graphology is an intriguing science; some may disagree.

Please remember that the results rely on my input from what I see with my own eyes. This can make the outcome rather subjective. Please, feel free to submit your own analysis, either from a graphology site, or your own knowledge of the subject.

The following analysis is of the Paul Stine letter.

Here is the first set of results that I obtained:

By analyzing how Zodiac crosses his ‘t’s, one can determine if Zodiac has problems controlling his temper. his t-bars join with their stems quite even and accurately. This indicates that Zodiac does not have a bad temper.

How Zodiac dots his ‘i’s indicates his attentiveness to details. Sometimes Zodiac dots his ‘i’s directly over the stem and sometimes Zodiac doesn’t. This is average. Zodiac is good with some details and careless with others.

Determination is his ability to keep moving continuously toward a goal. Analyzing his ‘g’s and ‘y’s will show if his determination is strong or weak. The ‘incomplete’ nature of the stems on his ‘g’s and ‘y’s seems to indicate that Zodiac does not have a lot of staying-power and may quit tasks after a short period of time.

Intuition is the ability to understanding things without reasoning. How intuitive is Zodiac? To answer this we must examine the letter-spacing of his words. The frequent breaks in-between his letters indicates that Zodiac is gifted with insight that enables Zodiac to understand and interpret without effort. Zodiac senses when Zodiac is on the right track and when Zodiac is not. Zodiac has hunches and may be quick to sense sincerity or insincerity in others.

Is Zodiac open to new ideas? Looking at the width of his letter ‘e’s will help us find out! His ‘e’s are very tight and closed. This shows that Zodiac has his own opinion about things and will stick to his own ideas. It isn’t easy for Zodiac to be tolerant because Zodiac will have a hard time considering ideas and practices that differ from his own.

Does Zodiac need to be noticed? Looking for the ending stroke of a word to curve up and to the left is a good indication of this! his words appear to end without this curving stroke. Zodiac doesn’t need to have others approve of what Zodiac does.

How’s his sense of humour? By looking for a soft, wavy line leading into an ‘m’ or ‘n’, one can see if Zodiac has a good sense of humour. There is not noticeable embellishment on his lines leading into his ‘m’s and ‘n’s, this means his sense of humour does not show openly.

Is Zodiac self-conscious? The second hump of his ‘m’s are even with the first, Zodiac is not self-conscious, and have nothing to worry about.

The lack of loops on his ‘t’s and ‘d’s indicate that his feelings aren’t going to be hurt easily. In fact, Zodiac is not sensitive to criticism at all. Zodiac can be objective about the opinions of other people and accept or reject these opinions without getting emotional about them.

The analysis of his slant is always more accurate answer if Zodiac used unlined paper. The lack of a slant in his handwriting indicates that Zodiac is rigid. Zodiac could put an imaginary ruler beneath his handwriting. Zodiac is obsessed with structure and has a fear of being proved wrong. Zodiac is imposing stress on himself and others around Zodiac.

In his ‘t’s, the relatively heavy weight of his ‘t-bar’ to the stem indicates that Zodiac has strong willpower. Zodiac can clearly visualize his goals. Zodiac knows what Zodiac wants and Zodiac is able to take definite steps toward realizing them. Zodiac is strongly self-disciplined.

The lack of loops Zodiac has at the bottom of his ‘m’s and ‘n’s indicates that Zodiac doesn’t worry about things. Zodiac is confident in himself and his decisions.

And another set of results, cuts a little deeper, very interesting:

For a graphologist, the spacing on the page reflects the writer’s attitude toward their own world and relationship to things in his or her own space. If the inputted data was correct Zodiac has left lots of white space on the right side of the paper. Zodiac fills up the rest of the page in a normal fashion. If this is true, then Zodiac has an unhealthy relationship to the past and has a fear of moving forward. The right side of the page represents the future and Zodiac seems unwilling to face the fear of getting started living now and planning for the future. Zodiac seems to be clinging to past events and spending lots of time thinking about what happened. It would be best to leave the past behind and move on. Stop crowding that left margin.

Zodiac is having some confusion in his physical life. He is examining the past to give him answers about some of his physical desires. He may be trying to find a balance between his philosophical beliefs and his natural physical desires. Zodiac is sarcastic. This is a defense mechanism designed to protect his ego when he feels hurt. He pokes people harder than he gets poked. These sarcastic remarks can be very funny. They can also be harsh, bitter, and caustic at the same time. Zodiac’s true self-image is unreasonably low. Someone once told Zodiac that he wasn’t a great and beautiful person, and he believed them. Zodiac also has a fear that he might fail if he takes large risks. Therefore he resists setting his goals too high, risking failure. He doesn’t have the internal confidence that frees him to take risks and chance failure. Zodiac is capable of accomplishing much more than he is presently achieving. All this relates to his self-esteem. Zodiac’s self-concept is artificially low.

Zodiac will stay in a bad situation much too long… why? Because he is afraid that if he makes a change, it might get worse. It is hard for Zodiac to plan too far into the future. He kind of takes things on a day to day basis. He may tell Zodiac his dreams but he is living in today, with a fear of making a change. No matter how loud he speaks, look at his actions. This is perhaps the biggest single barrier to happiness people not believing in and loving themselves. Zodiac is an example of someone living with a low self-image, because their innate self-confidence was broken.

In reference to Zodiac’s mental abilities, he has a very investigating and creating mind. He investigates projects rapidly because he is curious about many things. He gets involved in many projects that seem good at the beginning, but he soon must slow down and look at all the angles. He probably gets too many things going at once. When Zodiac slows down, then he becomes more creative than before. Since it takes time to be creative, he must slow down to do it. He then decides what projects he has time to finish. Thus he finishes at a slower pace than when he started the project. He has the best of two kinds of minds. One is the quick investigating mind. The other is the creative mind. His mind thinks quick and rapidly in the investigative mode. He can learn quicker, investigate more, and think faster.

Zodiac can then switch into his low gear. When he is in the slower mode, he can be creative, remember longer and stack facts in a logical manner. He is more logical this way and can climb mental mountains with a much better grip. Zodiac is not facing something going on in his life today. He is deceiving himself about it. Often, Zodiac’s opinion of himself is different than those around him. This trait gives Zodiac the ability to deny anything that does not agree with his “truth.” This trait is not always something negative. It is only a defense mechanism allowing Zodiac not to face some reality in his life at this time.

Zodiac is a very emotional person with a bro
ad range of emotions from the highest highs to the lowest lows. He feels emotional situations very strongly. He’ll flash to the very peaks of elation, sweeping everything before him. Then, for some reason unknown to himself, he will burn out emotionally. These mood swings can be very disturbing to him. Sometimes, he feels that he can no longer produce anything. But, after given some time alone to “recharge his emotional batteries”, he will spring back into action.

Because Zodiac feels situations intensely, he relates easily to others’ problems. If he is not careful, when he comes into contact with someone who is in a depressed frame of mind, he will also suffer the same emotions and change moods. Zodiac reacts impulsively, without much thought before hand. He may plan everything in detail before he even begins, then do it completely different when the time comes to carry it through.

Zodiac has a strong need for affection. He thrives on touching and being touched. Zodiac desires being told that he is loved, every day. He enjoys being the center of attention. He loves attention, sometimes he even retells stories that got him attention earlier. Zodiac has the possibility of being a actor or natural born salesperson, simply because he relates so well to other people. He likes expressing how he feels, what he is doing, and what he plans to do.

He is a people person. He will work most efficiently in a people orientated job as opposed to a job working alone on an assembly line (that would drive him insane.) People that write their letters in an average height and average size are moderate in their ability to interact socially. According to the data input, Zodiac doesesn’t write too large or too small, indicating a balanced ability to be social and interact with others.

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