30/07/2016
Vaasthu
Vaasthu is he science that explains how best to utilize natures subtle energies that pervade the earth, which are energies of space, planets and particularly the Sun and the aura of mother earth. As interest in Vaasthu increased pseudo practitioners and, half knowledge people have created rules of their own some of which are scaring for the common man. These rules spread by word of mouth and people begin to believe them as though they are genuine. To set the record straight I give some basic rules:
Site: A rectangular site is best. A square is the net best. Irregular shapes need to be modified suitably to overcome the problems. A circular plot is not at all recommended for human habitation. The site should slope from the south to North if it is North South long plot. If East West, it should slope towards the East.
Compound Wall: It is necessary to raise a wall around your plot. Once there is a compound wall the energies in your site and house are not affected by the energies in the neighborhood beyond your compound wall.
However there should not be any marshy land, deep pit, or cemetery adjoining your compound wall. Outside your compound here should not be a Tall tree, a temple Gopura in particular or a mountain whose shadow falls exactly on your Main Entrance.
Site facing direction: Generally a site is said to be facing a direction because there is a road on that side. And use expressions such as east facing plot or south facing plot. This is not correct. A road can be on any side of the plot. Every plot has four facings. It is the house that is built in the plot that faces a certain direction not the plot itself.
Vaasthu has given rules for the main entrance door of a house facing a direction. The entrance of a house could face East, North, South or West. That is the preferable order. A house can be built in any plot so that the entrance of the house faces a preferable direction. For example if a house is built in a plot which has the road on the south, it is possible to have the entrance on the east. People enter the compound from the road which is on the south and enter the house from the east where the main entrance is located.
No doubt if the road is on the east of the Plot, the main entrance can face the road. If the road is on the north the main entrance can face the north. If the road is on the South or West, it is necessary to have a plan that enables the entrance to be towards the North, East or South.
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Road on the south- Plan 1:,
North
West East
-- - - - - Main Entrance facing East
Car Park
Wicket Gate Main gate
South Road
2. Road on South- Plan 2
North
West East
Main Entrance facing East
Car park
Main Gate Wicket Gate
South Road
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3. Road on the West – Plan 3
North
Wicket gate
Main Gate Car
park
\ West Road East
South
4. Road on the West – Plan 4
North
Wicket Gate
\ West Road East
Car Park
South
Note: In all plans wicket gate is optional. Instead a four panel Main Gate may be used.
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We should realize that the direction of the road to the plot is not as important as the direction in which the main entrance faces; It is only that if the road is on the east or North, the building plan with the Main entrance facing the road is easily drawn. That does not mean the plots having roads on the other two directions have to be discarded.
Besides though East side road with the Main entrance facing the East may be considered the ideal, it may not be so for every individual. Just as Sugar is unsuitable for the diabetic, it may be necessary for a person suffering from Hypoglycemia to take a spoon of Glucose or eat a chocolate as soon as he begins to feel dizzy. Similarly a particular direction may be suitable for a particular individual even though not suitable for others.
Persons born in certain Rasi and certain Nakshatras will find South or West much more suitable for them than East and North.! A competent astrologer could go through the chart of a person and advise as to the most suitable direction in which the main entrance of a house should be.
It is not sufficient if the direction is proper. The location of the main entrance in that side of the house - Known as the SIMHA DWARA (Lion Entrance) is most important. All positive energy-commonly called as Lakshmi enters the house through that Main Entrance.
Divide the house length in the direction in which you decide to place the main entrance into nine equal parts. Facing that direction consider the first part as ruled by the energies of Sun and the successive parts by Chandra, Mangal, Budha, Guru, Sukra , Sani, Rahu and Ketu.
In general the entrance door placed in the area of Mercury or Jupiter brings a lot of material gain and success. Here again the Astrologer is the best to suggest which part is best suited for a particular individual based on his birth Chart, Lagna, Janma Nakshatra and other indications.
Besides the rules vary according to the purpose for which the premises will be used. A habitat for a family has special rules. A premises built to have a clinic, a beauty salon, a laundry, a vegetable shop, a restaurant- all have separate rules, depending on which side the road is and who is the owner..
There is no such thing as ‘One size fits all” in Vaasthu
© Professor Jaya Sekhar,
Villa Plot 62, “Swarnabhoomi”