Graha maitri kuta in guna milan
Graha Maitri kuta compares the friendship between the lords of the two people's Moon signs. It uses the natural friendship table.
What it is
The lord of each Moon sign is found, and their natural relation (friend, neutral or enemy) is read from the table on the planetary friendship page. The combined result gives the kuta's points.
How it is worked out or read
The classical maximum is 5 points. The friendship table is standard in the Parashari scheme, but the rules for points differ between texts.
Where it appears on this site
The table is on the planetary friendship page. The site does not compute this kuta yet.
Friendship between the Moon's lords
Graha maitri compares the lords of the two people's Moon signs. The method asks how these two grahas stand to each other by natural friendship, neutrality or enmity, using the standard table that is set out on the planetary friendship page. Because the lords are planets, the kuta links the method to the broader friendship scheme of Jyotish.
The point of the kuta is that when two lords are friends, the two people's signs are read as working together, and when they are enemies, the signs are read as pulling in different directions. The traditional text presents this as a comparison of two sources of guidance.
Using the friendship table
To apply the kuta, find the lord of each Moon sign, look up their natural relation in the table, and then combine the two relations in the way the chosen source directs. Some sources give a simple rule of friend and friend, others distinguish temporary friendship, and the combined result is then converted to the kuta's points.
A reader should note that the table itself is standard in the Parashari scheme, while the rule for converting the relation into points varies. The friendship part can be checked with confidence; the scoring part should be checked against its source.
Keeping the kuta proportionate
Graha maitri is one of the eight kutas and, in the traditional total, carries a moderate share. The reader should describe the relation between the lords as a matter of natural ease or friction, and should not present it as a verdict. This site does not compute the kuta, and it presents the friendship table as part of the general method on the planetary friendship page.
Friendship and the lords' houses
When the friendship between two lords is considered, the reader can also look at the houses each lord occupies in its own chart. A friendly pair of lords placed in difficult houses may be read differently from a friendly pair in good houses, and the traditional method leaves room for this kind of judgement.
Lords and daily cooperation
The friendship of two lords can be read as a sign of how the two people might cooperate in daily matters. A reader may describe this as a practical ease of working together, which is often as important in a partnership as deeper affection.