CompatibilityAnalysis

VedicAstrologyhasauniquesystemofdeterminingthecompatibilitybetweentwocharts.Chart
compatibilityisdeterminedbypreciseanalysisofhowtheplanetarypositionsinthechartscompare
andinteract.Traditionally,thepositionoftheMoonisconsideredthemostimportantfactor,anda
simplyscoringsystembasedontheMoonalonehasbecomeverypopularinIndia.Thissystemis
calledthe"Koota"system,asitexpressesthedegreeofcompatibilityin"kootas"(points).

Whatistherationalebehindacompatibilitycalculation?Compatibilityforthepurposeoflovehas
severalaspects.Eachaspecthastobetakencareof,buttogethertheyformanoptimalsituation.

Similarity

Astrologically,onecandeterminehowmuchthetwopeoplehaveasimilarbasisintheir
psychologicalmakeup.Thissimilaritygivesthemthenecessarycommongroundtofeelcomfortable
aboutbeingclose.Withouthavingcommonalities,lovehastobridgetoofarofagaptobestableand
willnotbeabletosurvive.Forexample,inVedicAstrologyterms,theGanam(classificationofDivine,
humananddemon)oftheMoon'sNakshatrashouldbethesame.AlsothecasteoftheMoon's
Nakshatrashouldbethesame.

Difference

Justlike2magnetsattracteachotheronlywiththeoppositepoles,VedicAstrologycompatibility
specifiesvariousfactorsthatshouldnotbethesame.Ifthecoupleishavingthesefactorsidentical,
somekindofoveremphasiswilltakeplace,andtoomuchofthesamethingisharmfulhere.

Forexample,theRajju(oneoftheNakshatraclassifications)ofthetwoMoonsshouldbedifferent.If
theyarethesame,negativeresultsarepredictedbasedonthenatureoftheRajjugroup.

Placement

Inreallife,tooclosecanbetooclose,andtoofarcanbetoofar.InVedicAstrologythereisrichsetof
techniquesthatevaluatejusthowoptimaltheMoon'splacementisrelativetooneanother.Since
specificdistances(measuresinthenumberofNakshatras)havedifferentmeanings,eachcarriesa
positiveornegativecompatibilityrating.Forexample,havingtheGroom'sNakshatrarightnextto
theBride's,isgreat,butifthereisjustoneNakshatrainbetweenitisconsiderednegative.

UniqueMatching

Otherfactorshavetobeuniquelyratedtoproperlyjudgewhatanyoneparticularqualitygoeswell
with.Forexample,ifoneoftheMoon'sisinPurvaphalguni(oneoftheNakshatras),itwillworkout
welliftheother'sMoonisinAnuradha.Manyspecificfavorableandunfavorablecombinationsare
specified,basedonuniquecharacteristicsofthefactorsconsidered.

CulturalReinforcements

Finally,theVedicAstrologycompatibilitysystemhasanaspectthatconsidersthefavorable
reinforcementoftherelationshipmanandwomanhavefromabiological/culturalperspective.For
example,iftheman'sMoonisinamaleNakshatra,andthewomanhastheMooninafemale
Nakshatra,thatisbest,andwillsupporttheirnaturalmalefemalebalance.
ThetraditionalapproachinVedicAstrologyistoconsiderthesefactorsfortheMoonsignonly.Many
peopleextendthesameprinciplestoalsocomparetheAscendant'spositionsandtheSun'spositions
inthetwocharts.Andfinallyonecouldsuperimposethetwochartsentirely,andevaluateindetail
howtheyworktogether.

SincetheMoonissocriticaltohowourfeelingsoperate,andrelationshipsarepredominantlybased
onfeelings,thereisnodoubtthattheMoonplaysamajorrole.AgoodMooncompatibilitywill
generallyindicateagoodemotional/mentalfit.

TheAscendantrepresentsthepersonalityoftheindividual,whichisamoreoutwardandpublic
aspectoftheperson.AgoodAscendantbasedcompatibilityisthereforefavorableforhavingcordial
publicrelationstogether.WhenthetwoAscendantsarenotfavorabletogether,thecouplemayhave
ahardtimepresentingthemselvescoherentlytotheworld.

TheSun'spositionrelatestoourphysicalbodyandspiritualnature.Compatibilityinthisregard
indicatesbeingphysicallycomfortableandspirituallyaligned.Alackofcompatibilityindicates
physicalneedsorcharacteristicsthatdonotworkwelltogether,andspiritualvaluesoraspirations
thatdonotmutuallysupporteachother.

Bysuperimposingthe2charts,onecananalyzejusthowtheplanetsinonechartinfluencethe
planetsandhousesintheotherchart.Thisanalysiscanrevealalotofdetailedinformationabout
howonepersonaffectstheotherperson'slife.Eventhoughthisanalysiscanprovidearichand
interestingsourceofpredictions,itshouldbeconsideredaslessimportantthantheMoonbased
compatibilityforthepurposeofpredictingoverallcompatibilityofthecouple.