Written by Kaiser at Celebitchy

Remember a couple of weeks ago when Us Weekly consulted some “experts” to analyze whether Angelina Jolie was “repressing” Shiloh by letting Shi dress like a boy? Well, Us Weekly is back with new “experts” to analyze Angelina Jolie’s appearance at the DGAs over the weekend. Oh, wait. Did I say “appearance”? I meant “one photo of Angelina signing an autograph.” Yes. It’s come to this. The tabloids are sitting around, consulting “experts” on whether Angelina exhibits signs of “stress” or “pressure”. By looking at one photograph (the photo is above). For. Real.

As breakup rumors continue to swirl, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie were more affectionate than usual at the Directors Guild of America Awards over the weekend.

What’s up with their relationship? Perhaps the answer is in an autograph Jolie gave to a fan at the Saturday event.

The long extended final stroke of her last name “can add up to feeling pressured, with a need to protect oneself,” handwriting expert Sheila Lowe tells UsMagazine.com. (Similarly, Patti Stanger of Bravo’s Millionaire Matchmaker recently told Us that Jolie “shows possessiveness and a desire not to lose Brad…but defensive [body language] in case she does.”)

Continues Lowe of Jolie, “Hers has always been an extremely simplified signature, and this one is even more so. It’s like shorthand. It could be a result of stress, the need to keep things on the surface and simple. The extremely long, rightward ending stroke is symbolic of holding others at bay. Think of an outstretched arm: Stand back!” (She also points out that signatures can be more difficult to decipher when written quickly.)

Bart Baggett, creator of the Handwriting Wizard, says Jolie’s signature has “large beginning letters, which indicates confidence and a healthy ego.”

After comparing her signature to one from 2006, toward the beginning of her relationship with Pitt, he says “she has learned the art of compromise and has more humility than before.

“The angles, the analytical, masculine qualities are less,” he goes on. “She has more feminine, supportive handwriting.”

Baggett credits this as “more of a mother trait than a demise in the relationship. Her ego is still strong.”

[From Us Weekly]

On the Shiloh post, I got the original article posted online, which Us Weekly then changed in text and context within a few hours. I wonder if the same will happen this time? As for analyzing someone’s signature or handwriting, I’ll buy a lot of stuff, but I’ve never seen a big use for handwriting analysis. I put more stock in palm reading, honestly. But I did get curious, so I looked it up to see if I could find any documented Angelina autographs (courtesy of Google images), and here’s one:

She has the signature of a crazy person. Who signs their name like that? It looks like she wrote “1 M L”. Oh, my God, it’s a sign! It means something!!!