Vastu Shastra

Vastu Shastra is an old Indian practice and a part of occult sciences. Vastu Shastra looks at how homes, offices, gardens, and other places are built and how their surroundings affect them. It basically represents how the shape, place, directions and colors of your house influence the events in your life. The effects of these can be positive or negative. Vastu is based on traditional and religious ideas and helps bring positive energy. The goal of Vastu Shastra is to keep balance in life and help people live happy and peaceful lives. Nowadays, people face major mental, financial, relationship and health issues in their life. There are many ways to overcome these issues, such as counseling, meditation, yoga, exercise and several therapies. But do we have time for these? Do we have enough money to attend therapies and visit doctors? Yes many people have, but mostly people do not have. In today’s busy and expensive life, people are not able to help themselves and their family members to get relief from any kind of issues. Here is a solution to your problem. Vastu is a powerful aspect of occult that can help you live a healthy and happy life. Apart from these, it can also help you to grow financially, physically and socially. So how can vastu help you to maintain your life in several ways, here are some points mentioned below:

Main Door

Vastu says, the main door of the building impacts the lives of people living there. According to vastu, if the construction of the building is according to the scriptures but the main door of the house is not in a right place, then the people living in it have to face major financial crises and problems in their lives. Here are some reminders to make main door correctly: The width of the main door should be twice the height of the door, for example, if the width of the door is 2 feet, then the height should be 4 feet. Main door should have double panels The main door should be decorated with pictures of Mangal Kalash, Coconut, Creeper, Patra and lion. The door should not be made in front of the other door. If you are building one door, it should be made in the East Direction.

Shapes of the House

The shape of a house matters a lot in vastu. There are a total of 22 shapes of houses, some of them are considered auspicious for the house members and some are considered inauspicious. The plot with the shape of square, rectangle and circle are considered auspicious for living and business purposes. Plot shapes like triangle, L-Shaped, cart-shaped and star-shaped are considered as inauspicious for both living and business purposes.

Basement

The place lacks natural light, natural air, and most importantly, the sun's essential rays because it is basement. Vastu states that highly sensitive areas of the plot and the center of a building should be kept safe. It will be detrimental if there is an obstruction in the most vulnerable locations of the vastu purush, or spiritual ruler of vastu shastra. Thus, according to Vastu Shastra, creating a basement is a challenging undertaking. Therefore, rather than creating a large basement, one might create a little one by avoiding the extremely sensitive space.

Obstacles for the House

There are things in front of the houses that play a role of obstacles. These obstacles can create illness, mental stress, financial crises, relationship issues and can even cause a death of a person living in the house. These obstacles are: Tree Temple Pillar Well Water Flow Mud T-Point

Vastu for Bedroom

Vastu provides various rules for creating spaces that work well with nature to bring health, wealth, and peace. The bedroom is an important part of the house because it is where we rest and recharge. Here are the points to keep in mind while designing bedroom of the house: The Master Bedroom of the house should be in the Southwest direction. The direction which is considered auspicious for the placement of bed is also southwest. The head of the person living there while sleeping should be in the south or east direction. The northwest direction for the bed position should be avoided. A bed should always be made up of wood. White, blue, green or pastel colors are considered auspicious for the bedroom. Things to be avoided in the bedroom are mirrors in front of bed, electronic devices near bed, exercise equipment. Placing plants like lavender, Lilly, money plants in the bedroom are considered auspicious. A painting that showcases Radha Krishna together, running white horse, peacock, buddha, rising sun are considered auspicious for the family members.

Vastu for Living Room

Now talking about the living room, let us know how we should design our living room according to the vastu. We will know which direction, positions and colors are auspicious and which are inauspicious. North and East directions are considered auspicious for the living room of a house, although the auspicious direction depends on the facing direction of a house, in some cases northeast and southwest directions are also considered auspicious. Moving on next, the placement of any kind of furniture in the living room should be in the West or South direction. Also, the shapes of furniture like circle, triangle and oval should be avoided, only square or rectangular shaped furniture are considered auspicious. The center of the living room should be empty or placed with light-weighted furniture. Mirrors on the south or west walls in the living room should be avoided as it causes financial crises for the family members. Moving on to the auspicious and inauspicious colors for the living room, a person should always prefer pastel colors and avoid dark colors for the living room. Place any water, waterfall, water-running related paintings at the north side of your living room, a painting of running white horses should be placed on the east side of the living room.

Vastu for Kitchen

The next important part of the house is Kitchen. A kitchen of the house brings health, happiness and wealth in all manners. According to Vastu, the kitchen of the house should be located in the southeast or northwest corner of the house and the entrance of the kitchen should be in north, east or west directions. Moving on to the objects, gas stoves and microwaves should be placed in the south-east part of the kitchen. One important point to keep in mind is that the kitchen of the house should be fully-organized and clean. The position of the sink in the kitchen should be north-east, it is advised to not keep the sink near the stove as it creates an imbalance between agni (fire) and jal (water). Now the question arises: what should be the placement of a storage unit in the kitchen? The answer is western or southern walls are considered auspicious for the storage unit and southwest direction is auspicious for the placement refrigerator. The placement of the exhaust fan and window in the kitchen should be East. Coming on to the next, bright colors like red, yellow, orange, green are considered auspicious for the kitchen, dark colors like black, brown should be avoided.

Vastu for Bathroom

Before moving on to the vastu tips for bathroom, did you know that according to vastu, a bathroom should not be there in a house? it should always be a few steps away from the house. But unfortunately, it is not possible to make bathrooms separately in today’s era as there is a lack of space on earth for living. Since we have to live in a house with an attached bathroom, the location of the bathroom should be West of Northwest (WNW), South of Southwest (SSW) or East of Southeast (ESE). The direction of East of Northeast (ENE) is considered auspicious for the bathroom for bathing purposes and East of Southeast (ESE) direction is considered auspicious for the Toilet for washroom purposes.

Septic Tank

A septic tank can be seen in very few houses in the world today. But it plays an important role in the health, wealth and peace of the house members. An auspicious direction for the placement of septic tanks is Northwest. A septic tank when placed in north causes monetary loss, northeast cause business loss, east cause fame loss, southeast cause wealth loss, south cause loss of wife, southwest causes loss of life and west cause loss of mental peace. As you can see, it is not possible to move a septic tank from one place to another, if possible, you can close the septic tank made on inauspicious side and open a new one on the auspicious side.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q. Can Vastu remedies help even if my home doesn't have an ideal layout?

Absolutely! While following ideal Vastu principles is beneficial, remedies like mirrors, colors, and placement of objects can significantly improve energy flow even in less-than-ideal spaces.

Q. Do I need to make major renovations to apply Vastu?

Not at all! Often, simple adjustments like furniture placement, changing colors, or the strategic use of decorative elements can have a powerful impact on your home's energy.

Q. Where should be a kitchen located in a house according to Vastu?

According to Vastu, a kitchen should always be located in the southeast or northwest corner of the house.

Q. Which color is best for bedroom according to Vastu?

The best colors for the bedroom according to the Vastu are pastel, white and cream. It is advised to avoid dark colors like black and blue.

Q. What should be the ideal sleeping positions as per Vastu?

The best sleeping position according to Vastu is when you turn your head towards south or east direction. Turning head towards north should be avoided.