Elizabeth I was the queen of England during the 1500's. This is relevant as handwriting in those days was quite different than today. For that reason, some of the graphology traits in her handwriting will be analyzed accordingly. The quality of the sample is very poor, and I analyzed her from another sample which was clearer. It was written when she was in her fifties, and the lines were more "tangled" than in this sample.

Elizabeth had a strikingly strong and powerful hand. There are strong horizontal and diagonal strokes representing her intense drive and motivation. The spatial arrangements are overly crowded; the lines are completely tangled and jumbled. Her signature is not as jumbled as the text of the sample. Her writing is very fast and illegible. Elizabeth wrote in pastose. [Pastose is a quality where the ink flows freely from the pen. Pastose writers today will often use felt tips pens to get the desired effect, and to "feel" or "sense" the contact with the paper. These are people that are sensuos]

Elizabeth had a great deal of vitality, especially considering her age of 55 at the time this sample was written. Remember, people's life expectancy was very short in that century. She is highly determined, and motivated. She was in charge, and always needed an audience around her for her to display her power. She was a powerful woman, not because she was queen, but because the writing dictates this.

The speed and simplification of her writing shows of a high intellect, however, she appeared to live in a state of confusion. This is contradictory, but often enough there are contradictory graphology traits in a given sample. However, in this sample; I believe that she only appeared to be confused. The explanation for this follows.

The middle zone is completely illegible and often "threaded" [threading is a connective form, which is used in fast writing like this by people who are so smart that they communicate in such a way that the other people never know what's going on. They can waiver on issues, and change their minds rapidly]

Here may be an example of a highly intelligent and powerful person, intentionally keeping others at bay. Her orders and her speech were confusing to every one around her; but she may have done this intentionally because of her position and responsibility. [Note: the overall picture of jumbling and tangling is reminiscent of how Washington DC was laid out as a city. It was intentionall, done to prevent foreign attack. Normally, I would not consider this explanation, however, the speed, simplification, threading and even the steady baseline all indicate the exact opposite. Especially the aspect of threading. Threading is done by those that can fool others with their quick wit. Confusion and threading in the same writing alarms me to the validity of one versus the other. I can't think that the writer is "faking" the thread since the writing is fast; so I believe that it was the "confusion" that was faked]

I will posulate that she was so smart that she kept things in an apparent state of confusion to keep constant control over matters. She is the only one that knew what was going on.

As a woman; she was emotional and could easily fly off the handle. She was impulsive, and spontaneous. The pastosity of the writing belies a person who was very sensual. She liked and relished senses of smell, taste, and art.