What is Vasya Porutham?
"Vasyam" (வசியம்) means attraction or the ability to draw another close. Vasya Porutham (வசியப் பொருத்தம்) looks at whether the bride's and groom's rasis share a natural bond of attraction, affection and mutual understanding.
A couple with Vasya Porutham is traditionally believed to feel drawn to each other and to find it easier to adjust and accommodate. On Manavizha it appears as "Vasya Porutham (Mutual Attraction)".
The Vasya table
Unlike the star-count poruthams, Vasya does not use a counting rule. Instead, each rasi has one or two rasis listed as its Vasya rasis. Manavizha's matching uses this table:
- Mesham: Simmam, Viruchigam
- Rishabam: Kadagam, Thulam
- Midhunam: Kanni
- Kadagam: Viruchigam, Dhanusu
- Simmam: Thulam
- Kanni: Midhunam, Meenam
- Thulam: Kanni, Magaram
- Viruchigam: Kadagam
- Dhanusu: Meenam
- Magaram: Mesham, Kumbam
- Kumbam: Mesham
- Meenam: Magaram
How Vasya Porutham is calculated
Take the bride's rasi and the groom's rasi. On Manavizha, Vasya Porutham matches if either rasi appears in the other's Vasya list. For example, Simmam is in Mesham's list, so a Mesham–Simmam pair matches whichever partner is Mesham.
If neither rasi lists the other, Vasya Porutham does not match.
Worked examples
Example 1: The bride is Mesham and the groom is Simmam. Simmam is a Vasya rasi of Mesham — a match.
Example 2: The bride is Kumbam and the groom is Mesham. Mesham is listed for Kumbam — a match.
Example 3: The bride is Midhunam and the groom is Thulam. Midhunam lists only Kanni, and Thulam lists Kanni and Magaram. Neither lists the other, so it does not match.
Example 4: The bride is Meenam and the groom is Dhanusu. Dhanusu lists Meenam, so it matches.
Where traditions differ
Vasya tables are not identical in every book or region. Some sources list slightly different Vasya rasis for a few signs, and some read the table in one direction only — asking whether the groom's rasi is Vasya to the bride's, or the reverse — rather than accepting either direction.
North Indian Ashtakoota matching uses a different approach to Vasya altogether, grouping rasis into categories such as human, quadruped and water signs and scoring them in points.
Manavizha follows the table above, read in either direction. If your family astrologer uses a different table, their result for Vasya may differ.
Commonly cited exceptions
Vasya matches for relatively few rasi pairs, so many well-suited couples do not have it. For this reason, most astrologers treat Vasya as a supporting porutham. A Vasya match is welcomed as a bonus, while a mismatch is rarely a concern on its own when Rasi, Rasiyathipathi and the key poruthams are favourable.
A gentle note
Attraction and understanding in a marriage grow through conversation, kindness and shared experience. Vasya Porutham is a traditional indicator, and Manavizha shows it as guidance alongside the other nine poruthams.
Every Vasya pair at a glance
Because Manavizha reads the table in either direction, it helps to list each pair once. Of the 66 possible pairings of two different rasis, only these 16 have Vasya Porutham:
- Mesham with Simmam, Viruchigam, Magaram or Kumbam
- Rishabam with Kadagam or Thulam
- Midhunam with Kanni
- Kadagam with Viruchigam or Dhanusu
- Simmam with Thulam
- Kanni with Meenam or Thulam
- Thulam with Magaram
- Dhanusu with Meenam
- Magaram with Kumbam or Meenam
Frequently asked questions
- Is Vasya more important than Rasi Porutham?
- Generally no. Rasi and Rasiyathipathi are usually given more weight, and Vasya is seen as a supporting factor.
- Can the same rasi have Vasya Porutham?
- Not in the table Manavizha uses — no rasi lists itself. Same-rasi couples are assessed through Rasi Porutham instead.
- Why does my astrologer's Vasya result differ?
- Vasya tables vary slightly between traditions, and some astrologers read them in one direction only.
- Is Vasya counted from the bride's rasi?
- Traditional tables are often written from one side, but Manavizha accepts the pair whichever partner holds which rasi, so the bride's and groom's rasis can be in either order.