Bhakoot koota
Bhakoot dosha — the 2/12, 5/9 and 6/8 axes
BhakootHousehold life and prosperity together, taken from the distance between the two Moon signs. Seven points of the thirty six, and some pairs score zero. is 7 of the 36 points and, like NadiConstitution, health and children, and the heaviest koota at eight of the thirty six points. It is all or nothing: the same nadi scores zero., all-or-nothing. It looks only at the axis the two Moon rashisA sign, one twelfth of the zodiac. In Indian practice your rashi is the sign the Moon was in, not the Sun. form, and exactly three of the seven possible axes carry the dosha.
7 of 36
What it is
Bhakoot, in one paragraph
Take the two Moon rashisA sign, one twelfth of the zodiac. In Indian practice your rashi is the sign the Moon was in, not the Sun. and count from each to the other, inclusively. Whatever the signs, that always lands on one of seven axes: 1/1, 2/12, 3/11, 4/10, 5/9, 6/8 or 7/7. Three of those seven carry BhakootHousehold life and prosperity together, taken from the distance between the two Moon signs. Seven points of the thirty six, and some pairs score zero. dosha and score zero; the other four take the full 7.
The three are 2/12, read as a drain of resources between the two houses; 5/9, read as strain around children and fortune; and 6/8, the shadashtaka, read as friction and as a matter of health. Nothing else about either chart enters the calculation — not the lagnaThe sign rising in the east at your birth, and the first house of the chart. It changes about every two hours, which is why the birth time matters., not the nakshatraThe star the Moon is passing through. There are twenty-seven, and yours decides your naming letter and much of a matching score., only the two rashisA sign, one twelfth of the zodiac. In Indian practice your rashi is the sign the Moon was in, not the Sun..
Because 7 points is nearly a fifth of the total, BhakootHousehold life and prosperity together, taken from the distance between the two Moon signs. Seven points of the thirty six, and some pairs score zero. alone can take a match from a comfortable 25 to an uncomfortable 18. That drop is arithmetic, not a finding about the couple, and it is worth knowing which of the two it is before anyone reacts to the number.
What it is
The seven axes
Every possible pairing of two rashisA sign, one twelfth of the zodiac. In Indian practice your rashi is the sign the Moon was in, not the Sun. reduces to one of these. Three of them score zero and four score seven — there is nothing in between.
| Axis | How it scores |
|---|---|
| 1/1 — the same rashi | Full 7 of 7. |
| 2/12 | Bhakoot dosha. 0 of 7 — read as a drain of resources. |
| 3/11 | Full 7 of 7. |
| 4/10 | Full 7 of 7. |
| 5/9 | Bhakoot dosha. 0 of 7 — read as strain around children. |
| 6/8 | Bhakoot dosha. 0 of 7 — the shadashtaka, read as friction and health. |
| 7/7 — opposite rashis | Full 7 of 7. |
The part that matters
What classical practice treats as cancelling it
BhakootHousehold life and prosperity together, taken from the distance between the two Moon signs. Seven points of the thirty six, and some pairs score zero. has fewer recognised exceptions than NadiConstitution, health and children, and the heaviest koota at eight of the thirty six points. It is all or nothing: the same nadi scores zero., but the main one is common enough that it is worth checking before anybody treats the zero as final.
The two rashis share a lord
Where both Moon rashisA sign, one twelfth of the zodiac. In Indian practice your rashi is the sign the Moon was in, not the Sun. are ruled by the same grahaOne of the nine: the seven visible bodies plus Rahu and Ketu, the two lunar nodes. A graha is read as a force at work, not as a lump of rock. — Mesha and VrischikaThe eighth rashi, Scorpio. Ruled by Mangal and a water sign: intense, private and long of memory, and it goes all the way in or not at all. under Mars, VrishabhaThe second rashi, Taurus. Ruled by Shukra and an earth sign: steady, fond of comfort, slow to move and slower still to be moved. and TulaThe seventh rashi, Libra. Ruled by Shukra and an air sign: it weighs both sides, wants things fair and pleasant, and hates deciding alone. under Venus, and so on — the standard texts set the dosha aside.
The rashi lords are natural friends
Where the two lords are friends in the natural friendship table rather than enemies, many traditions treat the axis as neutralised.
Graha Maitri already scored full
Graha MaitriFriendship between the two Moon sign lords, meaning mental and emotional understanding. Five points of the thirty six. is the kootaOne of the eight tests a horoscope match is scored on. Each carries its own weight, and the eight add up to thirty six points. that measures exactly that friendship, and it is scored separately in the same 36. A pair taking full Graha Maitri while losing BhakootHousehold life and prosperity together, taken from the distance between the two Moon signs. Seven points of the thirty six, and some pairs score zero. is the classic case for setting the Bhakoot zero aside, because the two are measuring the same relationship and disagreeing.
As with NadiConstitution, health and children, and the heaviest koota at eight of the thirty six points. It is all or nothing: the same nadi scores zero.: our tool computes the kootaOne of the eight tests a horoscope match is scored on. Each carries its own weight, and the eight add up to thirty six points. and reports the axis. It does not decide whether one of these exceptions releases you from it, because that is a judgement rather than a calculation. What it does do is show you the Graha MaitriFriendship between the two Moon sign lords, meaning mental and emotional understanding. Five points of the thirty six. score right beside the BhakootHousehold life and prosperity together, taken from the distance between the two Moon signs. Seven points of the thirty six, and some pairs score zero. one, which is the comparison the third exception turns on.
What it is not
Three things Bhakoot dosha does not mean
- It is not a statement about health or about children. Those are the classical glosses on two of the three axes, and a gloss on a rashiA sign, one twelfth of the zodiac. In Indian practice your rashi is the sign the Moon was in, not the Sun. count is not a prognosis about a person.
- It is not independent of the rest of the score. When Graha MaitriFriendship between the two Moon sign lords, meaning mental and emotional understanding. Five points of the thirty six. comes out full and BhakootHousehold life and prosperity together, taken from the distance between the two Moon signs. Seven points of the thirty six, and some pairs score zero. comes out zero, the two kootasOne of the eight tests a horoscope match is scored on. Each carries its own weight, and the eight add up to thirty six points. are contradicting each other about the same relationship.
- It is not the reason to stop. It is 7 points in an arithmetic that never looks at the seventh house, which is the house the whole question is actually about.
Questions
What people ask about Bhakoot dosha
What is 6/8 Bhakoot dosha?
It is the shadashtaka — the two Moon rashisA sign, one twelfth of the zodiac. In Indian practice your rashi is the sign the Moon was in, not the Sun. standing six from one side and eight from the other. It is one of the three axes that score zero, and classical texts gloss it as friction and as a health matter. It is also the axis most likely to be cancelled by a friendly pair of rashi lords, so it is worth checking before reacting to it.
How many points does Bhakoot dosha cost?
All 7 of its 7, out of 36. Like NadiConstitution, health and children, and the heaviest koota at eight of the thirty six points. It is all or nothing: the same nadi scores zero., there is no partial score.
Can Bhakoot dosha be cancelled?
Classical practice recognises the cancellations above, of which a shared or friendly rashiA sign, one twelfth of the zodiac. In Indian practice your rashi is the sign the Moon was in, not the Sun. lord is the commonest. Whether one applies to a given pair is a reading, and a calculator that decided it for you would be overstepping.
We have both Bhakoot and Nadi dosha. What does that mean?
15 of the 36 points go at once, so almost any such match scores below the conventional threshold on arithmetic alone. That is exactly the case where the total tells you least and a full reading of both charts tells you most.
Bhakoot koota
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See the axis your two rashisA sign, one twelfth of the zodiac. In Indian practice your rashi is the sign the Moon was in, not the Sun. really form, alongside all eight kootasOne of the eight tests a horoscope match is scored on. Each carries its own weight, and the eight add up to thirty six points. — including the Graha MaitriFriendship between the two Moon sign lords, meaning mental and emotional understanding. Five points of the thirty six. score that the main BhakootHousehold life and prosperity together, taken from the distance between the two Moon signs. Seven points of the thirty six, and some pairs score zero. exception turns on. Free, and nothing is saved.
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