Ashtkoot Reports
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The Ashtkoot Compatibility System is a system that has its roots in India and is primarily used in Vedic astrology. “Ashtkoot” simply means “8 factor”. The scoring within this system is based on the position of the sidereal Moon (Lahiri) of the two people and the 8 factors are scored on the integration of these two Moon positions. The maximum score is 36. The implementation of this system in Solar Fire allows a user to select two charts from either the chart files or ones that have been entered and if a zodiac used in those charts is one other than the Lahiri zodiac then Solar Fire automatically converts the Moon position to the Lahiri (sidereal) position internally and the scores calculated.
>> To view an Ashtkoot report
1.From the Main Screen, select two charts on the "Calculated Charts" list
2.Click on the Reports menu then click on the Ashtkoot Compatibility item
3.Set the gender of the two charts if they have not already been previously selected for those charts
The Compatibility score will display in the Summary report next to the Total. The individual scores making up the Total score can also be seen together with a short description of the 8 factors. If you are already familiar with the Ashtkoot Compatibility system then you can also click on the “Ashtkoot Detailed” option on the right of the screen to see the individual factors for each chart. Some of the words will be familiar and some will not be familiar.
Neville Lang studied about 100 couples over a 10 year period (still a small sample size) using the Ashtkoot Compatibility system. He came up with some tentative boundaries of the Total score. If you think about using traffic lights as a quick indicator then the Red light will represent scores of 40% of the maximum 36 (a score of 14.4) and lower, the Orange light will represent the range from 40% (14.5) to 69% (24.7), and the Green light will represent scores of 24.8 and higher. Basically, the Red light indicates a warning for the long term viability of the relationship, the Orange light means that is it “middling” and requires more analysis of the two individual charts while the Green light indicates a high degree of compatibility for the relationship to run for the long term.