There are three different "zones" in graphology. Each one represents a very different aspect of life. We are taught in school to write each zone in balance or at the same size and emphasis as the other two. The writer will often change this, and either overemphasize, or enlarge; or deemphasize, or reduce, one or more of these zones. This means that the writer is either more passionate or less interested in that particular area of life that that zone represents.

The middle zone is where the lower case letters like a, c, e, i, m, n, u, and v reside. The middle zone represents daily life, reality, and social integration.

The lower zone is where the long loops of the lower case letters j, g, y, p, q, and z are. This area of the script is our biological needs and drives. This includes physical activity like sports, our sex drives, and materialism. Materialism is a secondary product of our biological needs. It is the material desires that supply our biological functions; thus the explanation for why materialism applies here.

The upper zone is where the long loops shoot upward from lower case letters such as b, d, f, h, k, l, and t. This is the area of our "higher" being; our intellet and spirituality.

How we treat each of these different "zones" identifys our lifestyle and attitudes towards that particular zone; and therefore each aspect of life that each "zone" represents.

If the writer lengthens the upper zone; then he or she is displaying added interest in the intellectual and/or spiritual aspects of life. If the pressure is increased in this area of the script; then the writer is very intense and passionate about this extra interest.

Middle zone dominated writers are interested in social agendas and everyday life.

People that emphasize the lower zone are more interested in their personal drives; sex, physical activity, and/or finances. Athletes have dominant lower zones. Other aspects of the handwriting will lead the graphologist to which aspect of biological factors the handwriting relates to.

Emphasizing a zone will be created at the expense of one or both of the other zones. If the writer shortens or reduces pressure or any other deemphasis of a particular zone; then he or she either is uncomfortable about that aspect of life, or just uninterested in it.

The common forms of overstating a zone is to lengthen it in size in relation to the other zones; to add pressure in the writing of that particular zone; or to add strokes into that zone that are not part of the natural letter formation.

To underemphasize a zone is to reduce its size or length; reduce the pressure in that zone; or to blur or "thread" the zone. Blurring would be to make that zone illegible and/or disintegrated. This is a difficult characteristic to understand, but our graphologists have no problem in discerning this graphology trait.

As a person matures, the middle zone will commonly decrease in size. This is a natural pattern as the person matures and grows as an individual; seeking his or her own identity. However, the middle zone should never become disintegrated; then the person looses touch with reality and society. Small middle zones that retain their legibility and form are normal and even ideal. These people just have a disinterest in socializing. It is when the person has a small middle zone that is ill formed that indicates unhappiness with their social interactions and relationships.

The three zones are really five. I'm in agreement with Klara Roman, a very famous graphologist; who discovered two more zones. They are super lower and the stratosphere. The super lower zone is where the lower zone loops descend beyond reason. This houses unconscious and unresolved issues. The stratosphere is above the upper zone, and it is where you reach for and find your spirituality. I consider them "sub-zones" because it is rare to see writing here.

However, if you notice the From hell letter written by Jack the Ripper; you will see evidence of the super lower zone. Here is a person who obviously had unconscious issues and certainly wrote in the super lower zone. The stratosphere writing is much more common. This is the heighest being or heighest being we can be. It is our connection with God and our spirituality. It is most commonly displayed with diagonal t-bars and extraordinarly high i-dots reaching into this area.

The zones of handwriting match the Mazlow's hierarchy of needs in psychology extremely well. The lower zone represents the basic biological needs. This includes sex, food, shelter, and money. Money takes its place here because it represents the ability to buy the biological needs such as food, shelter, and clothing. Enlarged lightly pressured lower zone loops are often called "money bags" in graphology.

The middle zone represents safety, social interaction and acceptance in the forms of family and love. The baseline indicates the safety and security of the writer. The middle zone is the social needs and belongingness and our particular place in society.

Moving into the upper zone refers to our intellect and spirituality. In Mazlow's hierarchy, here too is the higher being. This starts with self-esteem and then higher up, in the stratosphere, is the final step; self-actualization.

There are 3 distinct, different zones in graphology
Each zone refers to different aspects of life
The middle zone reflects society, reality, and daily life
The lower zone refers to biological needs, sex, and money
The upper zone relates to intellect and spirituality
Any zone can be overstated or underempasized
Overemphasized zone will be at the expense of another or both other zones
Overstated zone shows the writer has extra interest in that area of life
Understated zone shows the writer has little interest or is unhappy in that area of life
Klara Roman discovered two additional sub-zones
The 3 zones correlate with Mazlow's hierarchy from the lower zone and up