Vaastu means the dwelling of humans & Gods.
Vaastu shastra is an ancient science which helps one to get the natural benefits freely offered by the
five basic elements of the universe in which we all live. These basic elements are Akash (SKY), Prithvi
(EARTH), Paani (WATER), Agni (FIRE), and Vayu (WIND).
Vaastu Shastra can be applied by keeping in harmony with these basic five elements of nature.
Vaastu Shastra is an edifice science that was developed by our learned people thousands of years ago.
Free Vaastu Tips for Peace, Success and Prosperity
- Growing of pricking plants like cactus in your house is not advisable.
- Television and Computer should ideally be placed in the Southeast
corner of the living room or study
room. They should not be placed in the Northeast corner or Southwest corner.
- Keep the Gas in the south east corner of the kitchen and a person
should face the east while
cooking. Drinking water should be in the north east of the kitchen.
- Bed should not be put under a beam.
- Square and Rectangular plots are best and you should try to have
boundary in all sides of the plot.
The main house should have empty place all around it.
- Try to keep vacant place in North and East corner of your house.
- Head of the family's bed room should be located in South or South West
corner.
- For good health sleep with your pillow facing South or East. Avoid
sleeping with your pillow facing
North or West.
- It is good to have courtyard (aangan) in the mid of your house.
- Do not keep broken mirrors and stopped watches in your house.
- Kids or Students should look at East or North while reading.
- You can have Tulsi (basil) and other herbal plants in your house
preferably in the North East
corner.
- Should not construct toilet in North East corner of your house.
- In the South, West or South West corner, you can keep heavy articles
like almirah, furniture etc.
- Do not have temple or toilet below stairs. You can however use this
place for keeping some articles
as store.
- Temple could be constructed in North East corner of your house. Deity
or image of god should not
face the south direction. Ideal position for making prayer etc is east or west facing sitting.
- Keep Brahma sthala (center of your house) neat and clean. A cluttered
center of house or no open
space in that part of house can cause poor communication in relationship. Toilet, kitchen and under
ground water tank in the center of house may cause disagreement.
- Kitchen should be in South-East corner. The face of the cook should be
towards the East. The water
tap in kitchen should be in the North-East direction. It is better if the stone on which food is
cooked, is of red color.
- Heavy structure & Stairs should be in South-West Direction. Ladder to
go up stair curved on the
right side should be divided in to two parts. It should be constructed leaving north-east or
south-west direction. Ladders stepping down towards north or west create waste of Lakshmi.
- A house should not have paintings, which depicts depressing scenes,
i.e. like an old woman crying,
scenes of war or poverty. It should have picture of say, a sunrise, an ocean, mountains, flowers or
laughing children.
- Tall trees are nowhere recommended close to the main building. For
trees the south in itself is good
and so is the west. No tree should be grown in the north and the east. The one at the north-east is
the worst.
- Balconies should be planned towards the East and North and should be
definitely avoided in the South
and West. If balconies in the South and West cannot be avoided, then larger balconies must be
provided towards the North and East. Care should be taken while providing balconies so that a cut or
truncation is not created in the Northeast corner.
- In the dining room, appetite could be increased by having colors of
walls painted in light pink or
orange.
- Rectangular dining table is most preferred. While eating one should sit
facing East or West.
- Grains and other food can be stored in North West. Oil, Butter, Ghee,
Milk and other oily liquids
can be stored in South East corner of Northwest room.
- Heavy equipments like refrigerators should be placed towards South and
West Walls in the kitchen.
- Bedroom can be painted in light to deep blue colors to induce sleep.
Green is advised for study
rooms to promote intelligence. Sandal or yellow color would be good for prayer or meditation room.
- You can paint your living room in white, yellow, light pink, light blue
or green color.
- Avoid circular or spiral staircases. Number of steps in a staircase
should be odd including the
landing step. Stairs should be constructed in such a way that the movement is in a clockwise
direction while going upwards, i.e. from ground to higher floors.
- Southward portion of every building should be higher than northward
portion. The inclination of
land, building, floors of rooms etc should be towards North East. Thus West and South of a building
should be slightly higher than North and East corner.
- Keep more windows and doors in East and North.
- Fish aquariums help in attracting wealth. Therefore, buy an aquarium
for your house. However, make
sure you choose lively, beautiful, healthy fishes as their continuous movement helps keep the energy
of wealth on the move. Also, keep the water aerated and clean.
- Avoid Computer and T.V in bedroom as they will reflect like a mirror.
If you place T.V and Computer
in bedroom, cover them with a cloth while sleeping in the night.
- Mirror can be affixed on East or North Wall. Never put mirror in
kitchen.
- Install Abhimantrit Dakshinavarti Shankha and Shree Yantra at your
house. It will remove all kinds
of Vaastu Dosha and will also bestow wealth and prosperity for the native.
The above few tips may be useful for improving your peace, prosperity and
success at home and in business
It happens many times that construction has already been done against the principles of Vaastu. In such
cases, it is advisable to consult a Vaastu expert for correction of Vaastu. The application of Vaastu
principles are based on becoming one with nature. Consult for all your queries relating to Vaastu of office,
home, factory other premises and get answers to
questions relating to:
- Is my home, office, and factory compliant with Vaastu principles?
- How can I improve my home, office, and factory Vaastu without
demolition and with small and
effective changes?
- Is bad Vaastu affecting my health or the health of my family members?
- How could I gain in my business through improvement in Vaastu of my
home, office, or factory?
