(Continuing from the previous post)
Restrooms should be located in the North-West corner of the building or in the North-West corner of the rooms. Other alternative directions for restrooms are Central-South or Central West.
• Closets in the restrooms should face North or South, along the North-South axis; and should not face the East or West.
• Restrooms should be avoidedin the North-East, North and East.
• Mirrors in the restroom and dressing room should be on the North or East walls.
• A bathroom in the East sector is most preferred as the beneficial rays of the morning sun can enter and promote the health of the user.
• In the office or study room, the table should be placed in the Western or Southern side so that one sits facing the East or North.
• No equipment, furniture, cupboards, etc, should be placed touching the North or East walls and if it becomes unavoidable, they should be kept at least 4″ or 6″ away from the walls.
• Cash boxes can be located in the room towards the North (treasury). However, if the box is heavy (such as a safe, heavy closet) then it should be kept in the South-West corner and the door of the closet should open towards the North.
• The storage or lumber-room can be located in the South-West, adjacent to the Master bedroom.
• If possible, the house should be extended by 4 feet to 5 feet in the North-East direction to ensure the North-East directional bliss for the household. Growing Holy Basil (Ocimum sanctum) ‘Tulsi’ and other beneficial herbal plants in the North-East will promote good health and prosperity.
• Pictures of landscapes depicting mountains should be hung on the South and West walls only Landscapes containing water, such as pictures of lakes and rivers should be on the North and East walls.
• Pictures of eagles and carnivorous animals should not be used for interior wall decorations. Do not hang a painting depicting war, crime, unrest, agony or distress.
• Pictures of horses, cows and elephants can be used for decoration purposes.
• The directions of East and West are important as far as obtaining the energy from the Sun is concerned. The importance of the directions of the North and the South lies in the flow of magnetic waves, which flow from North Pole to South Pole. Therefore, Southward portion of every building should be higher than the Northward portion.
• Besides this, it should also be kept in mind that the inclination of land, building, floors of rooms etc. should be towards North-East. In other words the parts in the West and South of the building should be slightly higher than those in the North and East.
• Keep no broken mirrors in the house.
• The Safe/Lockers should open towards the North or the East. So keep it along south or the west.
• The toilet/restroom seat should preferably be along the North-South axis.
• While sweeping the floor with any disinfectant, a little or sea salt should be added.
• Students should study facing the north or east. Do not sit or sleep under a beam otherwise mental stress prevail.
• Do not have any cactus in the house. Having it outside the boundary is good.
• Do not have a toilet/restroom or a prayer room under a staircase.
• Blocking of the North-East (‘Ishaan’) portion of the house or industry restricts the inflow of the blessings of God. It leads to tension quarrel and insufficient growth of the inhabitants; especially children of the owner.
• In an industry any fault, ditch or broken part in the direction of North-East may affect health of the children of the industrialist.
• Improper position of the bedroom/bed brings unhappiness in the married life and causes disturbed sleep.
• Having a restroom/fireplace in North-East corner of the house or industry can ruin it financially besides mental tension & quarrel amongst people.
• Finished products are to be kept in the North-West corner. It would help quick movements of the stock & early recovery thereof.
• More open space in North or East gives name, fame and prosperity. Leaving more space on the South-West side in the house can affect the male members badly; whereas in industry it leads to financial loss and quarrel amongst partners.
• Depression in the South-West can result in to a serious illness to the habitants, whereas depression in North-West causes enmity and litigation. The depression in South portion of the building restricts growth besides financial problems.
• Extension in the South-West may result in loss of health, loss of money and other insurmountable problems, whereas an extension in South-East may lead to fire, accidents, theft, and court litigation.
• Heavy machinery has to be installed in South, West and South -West in the factory.
• Transformers, generators, motors, boilers, furnaces, oil -engines etc. should be kept in South-East or southern portion of the plot/building.
• Central space (‘Brahmasthan’) is better left open or used for rituals. Some traditional four-sided house with a central courtyard and verandahs all around, is ‘model’ of Vastu design.
• Cash boxes can be located in the room towards in the North (treasury). However, if the box is heavy (such as a safe, heavy closet) then it should be kept in the South-West corner and the door of the closet should open towards the North.
• An aquarium with nine gold fishes and one black fish, in the North-East corner/portion of the house or factory is very good.
• If the North-East area is untidy or unshapely, the well being of male issues is found to be precarious.
• Students should be facing East while studying, for academic excellence.
• 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.
• Small decorative plants and shrubs may be grown in the North and the East. The height should not exceed, say, half a meter at the North-East increasing gradually to not more than 1.5 meter as one moves from the North-East to the North-West or the South-East end.
• Except rose and a few medicinal ones, all thorny plants give rise to tensions in the environment. Plants exuding white sap should also be kept off. Lime, orange etc. are all right in an orchard but not in residence or business premises.
• Growing creepers/climbers with support on the compound wall or a house wall can best be avoided.
• If North of any house is blocked it blocks prosperity.
This collectible article on Vastu Shastra is provided by Rewa Kumar of Divine Vastu Consultations & Research Center
