Edmonton Pagan Parents Circle

What is your Dosha?

This is a test to help you discover your Dosha.

Try taking it twice. Once with general traits in mind to determine your prakruti (normal everyday traits) and again while thinking about your feelings during taking the test to determine your vikruti (mood changing traits).

Use this rating system and put the number that best fits the category in each space.

0 = Doesn't describe me at all 1 = Describes me a little

2 = Describes me quite well 3 = Describes me almost perfectly

	VATA	PITTA	KAPHA
1. My hair texture tends to be	___Dry, curly, wavy, shiny	___Straight, fine	___Thick, full of body
2. My hair colour is	___Medium or light brown	___Blond or reddish tone, early grey	___Dark brown, black
3. My skin tends to be	___On the dry side	___Delicate, sensitive	___Oily, smooth
4. My complexion (when compared to others of my race) is	___Darker	___More reddish, freckled	___Lighter
5. Compared with others of my height, I have	___Smaller bones	___Average bone size	___Larger bones
6. My weight is	___Thin: I don't gain easily	___Average	___Heavy: I gain easily
7. My energy level	___Tends to fluctuate, comes in waves	___Is moderate or high; I can push myself to hard	___Is steady
8. Regarding temperature, I	___Dislike cold, am comfortable in the heat	___Dislike heat, persire easily, thrive in winter	___Dislike damp cold, tolerate extremes well
9. My typical hunger level	___Can vary from excessive to no interest in food	___ Is always intense, I need regular meals	___ Is usually low but can be emotionally driven
10. I prefer my food/drink	___Warm, oily, moist	___Cold	___Warm, dry
11. I generally eat	___Quickly	___Moderately fast	___Slowly
12. My sleep is most often	___Interrupted, light	___Sound, moderate	___Deep. long; I am slow to waken
13. My dreams often include	___Flying, looking down at the ground, mountains, chase scenes	___Fire, waterfalls, battles, fights	___Oceans, clouds, romance
14. My resting pulse rate (in beats per min) for women >> for men >>	___80-100 ___70-90	___70-80 ___60-70	___60-70 ___50-60
15. My sextual interest is	___Strong when romatically involved, low to moderate otherwise	___Moderate to strong	___Slow to waken but sustained, generally strong
16. I am most sensitive to	___Noise	___Bright light	___Strong odor
17. My emotional moods	___Change easily, I'm very responsive	___Are intense; I am quick tempered	___Are even; I am slow to anger
18. My general reaction to stress is	___Anxious; fearful	___Irritated	___Mostly calm
19. With regard to money, I	___ Am easy and impulsive	___ Am careful, but I spend	___Tend to save, accumulate
20. My way of learning is to	___ Learn quickly, enjoy more than one thing at a time; I can lose focus	___ Focus sharply, discriminate, finish what I start	___ Take my time, tend to be methodical
21. I learn new material best by	___Listening to a speaker	___Reading or using visual aids	___Associating it with another memory
22. My memory is	___Best in short term	___Good overall	___Best in long term
23. My way of speaking is	___Quick, often imaginative or excessive	___Clear, precise, detailed, well-organized	___Soothing, rich with moments of silence
24. The one trait to best describe me, would be	___Vivacious	___Determined	___Easygoing
25. Regarding my relationships, I	___Easily adapt to different kinds of people	___Often choose friends on the basis of their values	___Am slow to make new friends but am forever loyal
26. My family and friends might prefer me to be more	___Settled	___Tolerant	___Enthusiastic
27. This evaluation made me	___Indecisive	___Annoyed	___Sleepy
	VATA	PITTA	KAPHA
TOTALS:	___	___	___

Assessing Your Score

You have a Dominant Dosha type, if one column total is 15 or more points higher than the other two.

You are a Dual-Dosha, if two columns total within 0 to 15 points of each other.

Should all three columns total within 0 to 10 points of each other, you are a Tri-Dosha type.