Ashtakuta · 2 Gunas
Vashya
Mutual attraction and sway
The twelve rashis fall into five classes — quadruped, human, watery, wild and insect. Sagittarius and Capricorn are split in half, so the Moon's degree is read too. This says who will naturally hold sway over whom.
What a zero means
A zero out of Vashya's two is unusual and is read as a shortfall rather than a dosha — mutual sway simply will not settle on its own. Sagittarius and Capricorn are split in half, so the Moon's degree is read too.
How it is counted
- Take the vashya group from each rashi — Chatushpada, Manushya, Jalachara, Vanachara or Keeta.
- Read the score off Saravali's 5×5 table — 2, 1, 0.5 or 0. The table is asymmetric, so swapping bride and groom can change it.
Where we differ from the common practice
Sagittarius and Capricorn are split signs — the first half of Sagittarius is Manushya and the second Chatushpada; the first half of Capricorn is Chatushpada and the second Jalachara. So this koota needs the Moon's degree, not just the sign. Calculators that ignore the degree put roughly half the people born under those two signs in the wrong group.
Its weight in the verdict
This koota has no separate voice of its own. It is counted inside the single “36 gunas” voice — which means Varna, Vashya, Tara, Yoni and Graha-Maitri, all five, arrive together as that one voice.
| Voice | Weight |
|---|---|
| The 36 gunas — all together | 1.0 |
| Nadi — its own separate voice | 1.3 |
| Bhakoot — its own separate voice | 1.1 |
| Gana — its own separate voice | 0.9 |
| Dashakuta — Rajju and Vedha | 0.6 |
| The extended kootas | 0.6 |
| The other 33 voices | 24.2 |
| Total — 39 | 29.7 |
Our verdict is built by weighing 39 voices, whose weights total 29.7. All thirty-six gunas together are one of them — about 3.4% of the whole verdict. The rest is decided by the 7th house, the Navamsha, the Saptamsha, Vimsopaka, Jaimini, the dasha timing, Manglik and the others. That is why this report never tells anyone to call off a marriage over a low count.
The classical table
| Rashi | Vashya group | Rashi | Vashya group |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aries | Chatushpada | Libra | Manushya |
| Taurus | Chatushpada | Scorpio | Keeta |
| Gemini | Manushya | Sagittarius | Manushya (first half) · Chatushpada (second half) |
| Cancer | Jalachara | Capricorn | Chatushpada (first half) · Jalachara (second half) |
| Leo | Vanachara | Aquarius | Manushya |
| Virgo | Manushya | Pisces | Jalachara |
The other seven kootas
Enter both birth details
Date, time and place — the more exact all three are, the more exact the matching. It still works if the time is unknown.