Nakshatra Compatibility

Score guide

/36 numbers: Varna 1, Vashya 2, Tara 3, Yoni 4, Graha Maitri 5, Gana 6, Bhakoot 7, Nadi 8 calculations combine into the /36, things like Yoni which is the size of the woman's vagina and the man's penis for sexual compatibility as an example, which is where the data for the indian Kama Sutra originates from, positions for different human's yoni animal categories.

Traditionally the Moon (your mind/thoughts) is the biggest affector on marriage success, though other positions affect timing, karma in person chosen, whether the marriage has a strong love bond versus monetary or duty, etc.

<18 = below the usual suitability threshold, 18+ = meets the usual suitability threshold. The general rule is that <18 is inauspicious (gives bad luck/without luck) and above that is acceptable, with the higher you go, it just means the easier your ability to understood will be. If you are a Hindu, this type of reading is done prior to every marriage as a custom.

Older Vedic and Gṛhya sources discuss auspicious nakshatras for marriage; the full 36-guna scoring framework is found in later Jyotish texts such as Muhūrtacintāmaṇi and Jyotirnibandha with exact score labels varying across later sources but this is a normal modern scoring.

So moon = your mind, your thoughts, who you feel you are - this is the predominant position when someone says 'what's your sign' in India, this is what they are asking for. Sun = your soul, your deeper self - this is the position people are asking for when they ask 'what's your sign' in the United States. Ascendant = the earth's position in relation to the sun on the second you were born, its based off the horizon and governs how other's see you, your physical interactions with the world. To do a full reading for yourself free, you can do it here (leave anything you don't understand as default) and then just chat to AI/youtube about what it gives you.