Part 5 – Graha Maitri Kuta (Goon Milan)

Graha Maitri (planetary friendship) the Kuta from Ashtakuta, contributes maximum 5 points along with Varna, Vashya, Tara Chakra to sum up 36 points in total. In this Kuta score can be 0, 0.5, 3, 4 or 5 based on the friendship between the Bride and Groom Moon Rashi from their birth chart.

 

There are 12 rashis and each rashi is ruled by one of the seven planets. Where the Moon is placed in a rashi in the birth chart, is called the Chandra rashi /Moon sign.

 

Here are the rashi lords (planetary lordships) according to Vedic astrology.Sun rules over Leo, Moon over Cancer. All other planets have two rashis each. Mars has Aries and Scorpio, Mercury has Gemini and Virgo, Jupiter rules over Sagittarius and Pisces, Venus has Taurus and Libra and Saturn rules over Capricorn and Aquarius.

 

It is not necessary that these 7 planets should be either friends or enemies to each other; some planets fall under a neutral category for each other. It is also observed that a planet is a friend of another planet but at the same time the other planet reacts like an enemy or neutral to the first one. Let us understand the relationship between the 7 planets.

 

This friendship of Planets indicates the mental compatibility of the Bride & Groom. If lords are friends then they will have a good conceptual match. In case of an enemy, the couple can have disputes which can lead towards serious issues due to mental incompatibility.

 

Let’s see how it works:

In GrahaMaitri Kuta if the planetary lord of Moon rashi (lord of the rashi where Moon is placed in birth chart) of both Bride & Groom are

• The same, then 5 out of 5 points are allocated.
• If one is friendly towards the second and the second is neutral towards the first one, 4 out of 5 points.
• If both are neutral to each other, then 3 scored.
• If one is friendly towards the second but the second is enemy towards the first one, then 01 point is gained.
• If one is neutral towards the second but the second is treating the enemy to the first one, then only 0.5 point is scored.
• In case both are enemies to each other, then the lowest 0 points are assigned.

 

Where only 0, 0.5 or 1 points are scored under GrahaMaitri Kuta, the Dosh is formed.

 

What to do if Dosh occurs, should we cancel the marriage? In astrology it is believed that the Ascendant of Kundali has extraordinary importance the same as Moon, hence if there is friendship between Lagna lords of both then we can consider the marriage as Ascendant defines the nature of the native. Hence the malefic effect of the Dosh can be reduced at some point.