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Astrology (Vaastu Saastra Explained)

IMPORTANT FEATURES OF A HOUSE

The Shape and Size of a house:
A house is planned keeping the shape of the site in view. A square shape fits perfectly a square site and a rectangular shape is right for a rectangular site. If the length is more from East to West the building also should be planned accordingly. If the length is more from North to South the length of the building should be proportionate to the length of the site. Covering the Southwest quadrant in the site solves this problem correctly. You can build many floors in a structure but a cuboid building gives the best results. The Sanctum Sanctorum of a temple is a square. A cuboid building multiplies the good effects and stands as a rock in turbulent situations. The width and height of a building should not exceed 1:2 ratio to draw maximum benefits from the site. An extra floor in the Southwest or West acts as a shock absorber during hard times and protects the sources of income. It is a morale booster to inspire people to get going when things are tough. More weight and height on the Southwest are great savers of time, effort and money.

The Plinth of the house:
The plinth should be raised as high as possible taking the level of the roads into consideration. More than one meter high plinth is always preferable because you can change lot of things in a house at a later date but altering the plinth poses very difficult problems. Since the life span of a house is nearly a century, the level of the plinth should be very high. It gives dignity and enhances the elegance of a house.

The Doors and the Windows:
The doors are fixed in the Northeast, Northwest and Southeast of a room. The Southwest quadrant in a room is blocked with walls. A house should have atleast one opening to North and another to East. When the entrance to the house is on the South, the West is blocked without doors. When the entrance is from West, the South is blocked without doors. Maximum number of windows can be fixed on the East and North sides of a house for maximum ventilation. More windows and doors on North and East are essential to ensure good health to the inmates. An extra floor in the Southwest and more doors and windows in the North and East walls of a house act as healthy forces to prevent many diseases.

The Kitchen (Agni/Fire):
The right place for location of the kitchen in a house is the Southeast room. The cooking range/stoves/boilers etc should be located only in this corner. Fire performs its functions dutifully in its natural place Southeast corner. It controls expenditure, ensures good health and maintains peaceful atmosphere in the house. Its location in other corners produces harmful effects. Health of female members becomes the first victim of Fire in Southwest. It could lead to surgery and other serious health complications in the absence of other favorable factors. Heavy expenditure, continuous stress and strain, and tensions and worries are the unwelcome results of Agni in Northwest. Wind fuels Fire to keep the housewife fully busy and occupied with a regular flow of guests. Northeast is the worst place for the kitchen. Fire and water are deadly enemies. The bad effects of Fire in the Northwest become worse in Northeast. Strained relations among family members, uncontrollable expenditure including bigger medical bills, anxiety and uncertainty about future are some of the scary effects of Agni in Northeast corner. These effects vary depending on other factors of a house. It is wise to keep the kitchen in its natural place Southeast corner to draw more of the positive energy of the Element Fire.

The Division of a house into Rooms:
The house should be divided into square/rectangular rooms. The rooms in the South and the West of a house have more Vaastu power. They are ideal for bedrooms. The master bedroom should be in Southwest corner to enable the head of the family to guide the family's fortunes wisely. The toilet and dressing room should be treated as part of a bedroom. The shape of the room should be a square or a rectangle. Projection of toilet/dressing room towards Northwest or Southeast is not conducive for happy and peaceful living. In such rooms the beneficial effects of Northeast and Southwest are lost. Some extra area in the form of a toilet/dressing room in Northeast and Southwest directions to a bedroom enhances the positive energy to make the room more pleasant to live. In such rooms people think and act rightly without wasting their time and energy in arguments. The Northeast room in a house should be in the form a verandah to prevent sudden physical disorders in the family. The open verandah acts as a preventive and curative remedy to protect our health.

The Entrance/Facing:
The entrance to a house is decided by road/roads abutting a site. The notion that a particular direction alone is good for entrance is wrong. There are four directions in Nature and four roads can abut the sides of sites on four directions. All of them are good for happy living.

A house located in a Square/Rectangular site with proper levels, inside and outside the boundary, built in the Southwest quadrant along Saastric guidelines, and strengthened by prosperous Magnetic North gives similar results everywhere whether the entrance is from East, West, North or South.

If the road is on the East the ideal place for entrance is from the East direction. The main door should be placed in the Northeast on the Eastern side. If the road is on the North side the entrance should be in the Northeast on the North side. Similarly if the road is on the West Side the entrance should be on the Northwest on the West Side. If the road is on the South side then the entrance should be in the Southeast on the South side.

Entrance/facing is one of the many criteria to be looked into before you make a choice for your house. You have to look very carefully into all the positive factors to derive maximum benefits from Nature.

The Gate:
The gate opens the pathway to the homesite. For proper location divide the length of the side adjacent to the road into two halves. If the road is on the East the gate should be fixed in the North half of the East side. If the road is on the North the East half of the North side is right place for the gate. For a plot with a road on the West the North half of the West side is the proper place for the gate. The correct place for the gate for the house with a road on the South is the East half of the South side.

The gate should be fixed leaving some space from the corners. Avoid fixing the gates touching the corners.

The Puja Room:
Puja/Meditation room should be a square with doors and windows to East and North. It is preferable to locate on the West and South sides of the house because Vaastu Shakthi is relatively more in those areas. Concentration of mind becomes easier where Vaastu Shakti is more. It is common to place the Puja room in the Northeast corner of a house blocking East and North with walls. Blocking the Northeast room without windows and doors has ill effects on the health of the residents. It is preferable to convert the Northeast into an open verandah for peace of mind and better health.

The Compound Walls:
The compound wall demarcates a site from its neighborhood and gives it a distinct identity. Build your compound wall on the West and South boundaries first to hasten construction activity and complete the house on scheduled time. Compound walls on the North and East delay construction work and escalate costs. You can build them after the house is completed.

Wire fencing or very light and low level compound walls on North and East are favorable factors to strengthen the beneficial effects of the open space on the North and East. Heavy and high compound walls on North and East are a big drag on your efforts to better your life. Never build even a small structure touching East and North compound walls. It is a source of strong negative force working against your interests.

The Staircase:
The staircase is the link between different floors in a house/office for movement of men and materials. It should be located in the Northeast quadrant of a house. For a house with the entrance from North, the staircase should be on the North side. For a house with entrance from the East, the staircase should be on the East side. To get better results, the staircase in the Northeast should be light in weight and as small as possible. Light materials like wood and aluminium are highly suitable materials to fabricate a staircase.

The Southwest area in a house has more Vaastu power. It should be used for bedrooms or for doing intellectual work.

Water Storage:
Water should be stored below the ground in the Northeast quadrant of a site. An open cut well is a perennial source of health and wealth. A water body in the Northeast activates the Element Water and make it work for your welfare and prosperity continuously. RCC storage tanks should be built above the Southwest room and made as heavy and high as possible to strengthen the good effects of Southwest.

The Supreme Power of Nature transforms a house into a peaceful and pleasant place to live and realize our cherished goals in life.