Vastu

Here are some Vastu tips:

• When sitting for worship, keep your face towards North-West and sit in that corner to intake air from that direction.
• Cash boxes can be located in the room towards the North (treasury). But if the box is heavy (such as a safe, heavy almirah) then it should be kept in the South­west corner and the door of the almirah should open towards the North.
• TVs and computers 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.
• Telephones can be placed in the Southeast or North­west corner but not in the Southwest or Northeast.
• An aquarium with 9 gold fish 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.
• One should sleep with his head pointing towards the South.
• Students should be facing east while studying, for Academic Excellence.
• If the kitchen is off the proper place, some member or the other is always found to be suffering from severe digestive disorder.
• Keep the Gas in the south east corner of the kitchen
• Person should face the east while cooking.
• Drinking water should be in the north east of the kitchen.
• While Taking meals the plate should be in South-East.
• The statue of Hanumanji should not be placed in South-East. It may create fire hazard.
• All the doors should open inside so that the energy may remain inside.
• The hinges of doors should be noiseless. If so. The hinges may be greased periodically.
• The doors should open towards right hand.
• Bed should not be put under a beam.
• There should not be five corners in the ceiling of a room.
• Efforts should be made a leave the rooms open on North-East side.
• While ascending the staircase, the face should be either towards the north or the east.
• The seat of the toilet should face North-South.
• No doors or windows should be provided on South-West side.
• Almirahs and beds should be set very close to the South - West wall and at a distance from the north - east wall.
• 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.
• 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 to 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 and karonda etc. are OK in an orchard but not in residence or business premises.
• Amongst the beneficial plants, the best is Tulsi. It is commendable to keep at least one Tulsi plant in the north-east area of the premises, but its height should not exceed 1.5 meter.
• Growing creepers/climbers with support on the compound wall or a house wall is best avoided.
• Cactus should not be planted or kept in the house.
• In the South-West Corner of the house one should sleep pointing his head towards south.
• If north of any house is blocked it blocks prosperity.
• Water flowing/water fountain from north to east is very good.
• Your head should be towards the east or south while sleeping.
• The rooms in the south should never have ceiling low as compared to ceilding of the rooms in east and north side.
• Shoes and slippers should not be scattered all over the house, as this leads to feud.
• Don't keep dirty clothes with the washed clothes.
• One should never sleep under exposed beam as it brings ill fortune.
• Don't a keep jug or jar of water near the telephone. The electric rays produced from telephone leave bad effect on the water. Your face should be towards the east while cooking food. The cupboard containing food articles should be towards your right.
• The ceiling of the poojaroom should be lower than the ceiling of all the other rooms in the house.
• There should be no noise while opening the doors and windows especially the entrance door from hinges etc.To remove the noise keep the hinges well oiled.
• A picture of Lord Ganesha and Saraswati is good in study room.
• Place vegetables in a dish after cutting them. If they are kept on floor their nourishing substance will be adsorbed by the floor.
• The house should always be kept need and clean and all the wastage etc., should be dumped or stored in west of the house.
• To prevent the house from evil-eyes, seven green chillies and lemon should be hung at the main entrance of the house, shop etc.
• Change the bed-sheets during day time.
• Comb and other beauty aids should be kept neatly at the right place.
• A cut-out in the roof should be provided in the northeast to ensure proper ventilation of the house. This factor works as a natural air-conditioner for the house.
• There should be a separate towel for every member of the family and for guests.
• One should never provide three doors on a single wall, especially in the front of the house.
• One should never construct circular stairs in the house.
• It is very auspicious to view rising sun after taking bath in the morning.
• A blue bedsheet should never be used inthe house.
• One should always wear neat and clean clothes while working.
• All the things should be properly placed and well organized in the house, to ensure good luck.
• Keep cash and jewelry in the safe or locker which opens in the north.
• Never keep your head toward north while sleeping keep towards south or east only for peaceful/ restful sleep & healthy life.
• Face either North or east while working studying or negotiating with clients. Flowing magnetic field from north will hit your face while facing north which helps in quick & sharp memory. Taking right decisions much faster and increases in grasping power.
• Avoid north direction while cooking eating or drinking. Face preferably east for better taste,digestion & healthy body.
• Face north or east while worshipping for better concentration & Devotion.
• Never put a same colour in all the walls of a house to maintain health & happiness.
• Never put a mirror in front of bed, cover it while sleeping to avoid bad dreams.
• Avoid or minimize the usage of T.V or computer in bedrooms, as the energy level of the room will get destroyed by the radiation emitted.
• Keep Tulsi & rubber plant (ficus robusta) in house preferably in northeast side to purify the air.
• Never sit or sleep under a down beam to avoid depression headache or loss of memory .
• Pregnant ladies should not sleep in northeast room to avoid any miscarriage or abortion.
• Open or use north & eastern window much rather than southwestern windows for health happiness & harmony in the family.
• Never sleep on metal beds (wrought Iron) to avoid any health problem related to Heart & Brain.
• A plot with all corners 90 degrees having two sides road front and back is a good plot.
• The open space left in North and east should be more than South and West.
• A house should be designed in such a way so that there is maximum entry of sunlight and proper cross ventilation.
• The entire opening should be made on the North and East Side of the house. Trees of any kind should not be grown in eastern or northern, northeast directions. Only small plant can be grown in north, east, and northeast. The shadow of any tree should not fall on the house.
• The hearth or oven must be arranged in eastern southeast direction of the entire house, in such a way that the person cooking faces east.