Aries and Sagittarius Compatibility

Both like movement, laughter and plain speaking, and both give each other room. Sagittarius admires Aries's drive; Aries enjoys Sagittarius's optimism and humour. Friendship sits at the centre of the romance, which helps it survive rough patches.

Aries loves by acting first: direct, competitive, quick to spark and quick to move on from a quarrel.

Sagittarius loves with open hands: honest, optimistic and freedom-loving, allergic to being fenced in.

Both can be blunt to the point of tactlessness, and neither enjoys routine, so bills, chores and long-term plans slide. Sagittarius's love of freedom can unsettle Aries if commitment is left vague.

Make the adventure a shared plan, not two separate escapes. Put one of you in charge of the dull essentials, or take turns, and say clearly what commitment means to each.

The Moon signs are 5th and 9th from each other (Nav-Pancham): Bhakoot gives 0. Tradition links this axis to children and the family bond, and many schools treat it as mild, since the 5th and 9th are trines. Mars and Jupiter are friends with no enmity either way, a classical exception that eases the dosha; the 0 stays on the score.

Aries is ruled by Mars and Sagittarius by Jupiter. Mars counts Jupiter a friend, and Jupiter counts Mars a friend: Graha Maitri gives 5 of 5.

Bhakoot and Graha Maitri are the two kootas the Moon signs settle on their own and that read the same whichever partner is counted first. Varna and Vashya also read the signs but depend on who is the groom; Tara, Yoni, Gana and Nadi need both birth stars.

Two fire signs: quick energy and shared enthusiasm, with tempers that flare fast and cool fast.

Cardinal and mutable: one leads and the other adapts, smooth while the adapting is not one-sided.

Four signs apart (a trine): the same element, the classic easy match of Western astrology.

Sun-sign compatibility describes two signs, not two people: read it as the tradition's tendencies, and match two real charts with kundli matching.

Here they part most clearly. Western astrology calls a trine its easiest aspect, yet the same spacing is the 5-9 axis of Vedic matching, which scores Bhakoot 0 — though many schools treat this axis as mild.

A Vedic sign is the Moon's sign in the sidereal zodiac; a Western sign is usually the Sun's, in the tropical zodiac. Your two signs are often different, so check which reading is about you.

Two signs are a starting point. Your own match reads both full birth charts — all 36 Guna Milan points, Manglik dosha and the 7th houses — so a Aries and a Sagittarius can score anywhere.

• Kundli matching by birth details: the full 36-point Guna Milan
• Compatibility by date of birth: Moon signs, nakshatras and the koota scores
• Matching by name, when birth times are not known
• Find your rashi: your Moon sign from your birth details