The Vashya Koota

The word vashya means 'controllable'. The Moon sings of the bride and the bridegroom must fall in the same group, to earn two benefic points; or the bride's sign should be in the groom's vashya fo rthe same benefic score. The signs are classified as follows

1. Chatushpada (quadruped) : Mesha, Vrisha, second half of Dhanu, first half of Makara.
2. Manava/Nara (biped) : Mithuna, Kanya, Tula, first half of Dhanu, Kumbha.
3. Vanachara (wild) : Simha (not included amongst the quadrupeds above)
4. Keeta (insect) : Vrishchika. (Karka has been included under Jalachara, vide supra).

All signs except Vrishchika are vashya for simha. Exept Simha, all signs are vashya for Manava. The Jalachara servers as food for Manava as does Chatushpada for vanachara, and these combinations are not favoured. The following table shows the points gained from vashya matching of the couple's charts.

Gunas from matching of Vashya