Directions (Disha)
North-East (Ishanya) Direction
The presiding deity of the Northeast is Ishanya, the giver of spirituality and fortune. Two planets rule the Northeast Jupiter and Ketu. Jupiter is the giver of joy and positive spirit he is an optimist who sees the good in everything. Known in Sanskrit as Guru, Jupiter guides you to turn all adversities into positive learning experiences. Jupiter represents the ether element and promotes physical health, giving strength, vitality and immunity. It also controls the fortune, wealth and success.
Ketu representing the fire element governs all wisdom and helps achieve the highest pinnacles of spirituality. He is known to be the deliverer of moksha (the final realization of the truth).
Defects in the Northeast severely affect the off spring and prosperity. The negative aspect of Ketu causes infertility and is negative, critical people, doubting, foolish, and isolated. Family members may suffer from financial difficulties, anxiety, depression, lack of self-esteem, low energy, and self-pity, or malfunction of the liver and pancreas.
Northeast direction prayer room, meditation place, hawan, recitations of mantras, dwelling of sage, decorations, religious symbol such as SwastiksGaneshaAum etc.
Residences of aristocratic people, residences of teachers preachers judges and religious leaders, worship or pooja room.
Sometimes, northeast direction is called to be ruled by Soma with its nectar like rays. Soma –in the form of Crescent Moon – shines on Mahadeva’s forehead. Soma is another name of Moon due to its cool rays great medicinal effect.
A wonderful direction, which one can relish. The owner of this direction is itself the supreme deity of Hindus Lord SHIVA. The representative planet for the direction is Brahaspati.this direction gives over all prosperity, health &wealth. Brahaspati, the planet for Northeast gives knowledge & spiritual growth. This is a good direction for scholars students. It is a very sensitive direction. A very powerful axis of magnetic energy starts from the Northeast to Southwest. Creating a toilet in this area is blunder, it can spoil the family health or if it is a business place it can ruin the whole business. Bedrooms, stores toilet & heavy structures should be avoided in the Northeast. Creating a fire element in this area gives accidents.
East (Purv) Direction
The divinity of the East is Indra, which gives real and religious qualities and stimulates creative and positive thinking. The Sun (Aditya) is the planet that rules. The Sun represents the fire element and is the giver of health and destroyer of all obstacles. On the physical level the Sun rules the heart, circulation, digestion, nervous system, immune system, visual acuity, and bones. He rules as potential his intelligence, perception, character and persona perseverance. The sun is regarded as the self (atma) and represents ego, power, prestige, fame, authority and control. Positive signs of influence to Sun are self-confidence, a strong will, courage, leadership and straightforwardness.
If denied, the sun could cause low self esteem and lack of motivation, courage, endurance, intelligence and perception. If, on the other hand, is very strong, it can make a big domineering, selfish, and stupid, lack a sense of discrimination.
East direction, open areas, magnificent buildings, great halls, right side window, trees and plants bearing red flowers such as lotus and red fruits such as pomegranate, , Small trees, grass, forests , physicians, red coloured soil, baked bricks, roof, illumination of the house.
The beginning of a new day starts by taking a holy bath and so east it best for locating a bathroom without a toilet. Sun itself bathes the whole of the world with its nectar like morning rays rich in ultraviolet, violet, indigo and blue colour. East is also good for locating a swimming pool, study room, dining room, living room, children’s room or kitchen.
A very powerful direction. The direction is owned by Lord INDRA.Indra is the Hindu deity responsible for rains, overall prosperity, festivity and power. Indra is very powerful in manipulation. The representative planet for this direction is Lord Sun which itself is a big power that nobody can match. Sun gives growth to life, vegetation etc. So you can call east as direction for growth. After the north, east should be very much open, light & clean. Making heavy walls, not providing the ventilation, doors & windows gives stagnation in life. Making a staircase, accommodating a toilet or a store in the eastern direction is a big vaastu offence. Just mind a punch line obstruction in east can create an obstruction in your life.
South East (Agneya) Direction
The divinity of the Southeast is Agni (fire), which governs the knowledge, judgment and discrimination. The planet that rules for the Southeast is Venus. It represents the water element, which regulates the metabolic fire that transforms our food to Energy and creative force. Thus, ultimately, Venus controls the immunity of the body and the mind clarity. Physically, Venus directly influences a person s energy level. The main bodies governed by Venus are those of the genitourinary systems. It governs beauty, charm and grace, as well as relationships with the opposite sex, romantic life, and the expression of feelings. The beneficial influence of Venus brings good taste and refined personality. Venus predominantly affects the second son of a family.
A house built with a correct vaastu Southeast provides good health for the inhabitants, while the Southeast defective can cause accidental fire, theft, cancer, kidney problems, disorders of the reproductive organs, low energy levels, digestive disorders and related diseases disorders of the immune system. One relationship with loved ones is disturbed because Venus governs one expressive power. Vaastu defects in Southeast cause constant disagreements among family members, who become very critical. For example, a door in the Middle East causes constant bickering and rivalry between family members.
Southeast direction, kitchen, All electrical appliances ,including electric meter , generator , invertors , main switch, generator set, inverter, fire place, furnaces, places of pleasure and amusement, TV room ,dressing table, beautiful wall paintings and hangings, music room, dance room, wardrobe, public place in a house, room furnished with antiques, showcase, perfumes, clothes and articles of beauty, ornaments, wealth, precious stones, vehicles, white flowers, ghee, curd, good food, granary, beautiful places, pucca beautiful houses, white coloured articles, cosmetics, marble stone.
If there is an extension of plot in the southeast area or the slope is towards this direction (in such case it will have depression), agni will get accumulated here.
Pitta of inhabitants will increase resulting in different ailments such as high blood pressure, heart disease, bad stomach or stomach ulcer and eye disease. Money will be wasted on diseases and litigations (eleventh house) and marriage or children (eleventh house), particularly marriage of female children (Venus representing females is the lord of this direction).
The plot or house may have a higher southeast than southwest in which case the bodily fire of the inhabitants will be lacking.
Same results will occur if southeast area is cut or diminished in any manner. This lessened fire will cause lethargy, low blood pressure, and impotency and will ultimately lead to dis -interest in an active life.
Boring in the southeast is never recommended. It is a heavy direction after southwest. Southeast, the direction or fire, is bitter enemy of water.
South (Dakshin) Direction
The deity rule to the south side is Yama, the defender of the dharma (virtue). He is introspective, impartial and withdrawal. He is also known as the god of death which is the final judge of all our actions in life. The direction of the south is ruled by the planet Mars, a planet of great energy that represents the fire element. Mars controls motivation and ability one for the emotions and passions project. The energy to drive toward success and the ability to take things for completion are influenced by Mars. Physically, Mars governs the immune system, appetite, food uptake in the liver and small intestine.
The defect-free vaastu on the south side of a house brings peace and prosperity to the people, while defective vaastu the South side can lead to accidents and violent deaths, engaging in wars and gang activity, bleeding disorders, slow healing wounds, anemia and impotence.
South direction, pillars, columns, solid walls, places near fire, kitchen (alternate ) , ceilings, roofs, a house in general, land, soil, burnt place, earthenware, red, sharp corners, triangular plots and shapes, toilet, dung, dustbin, ash, coal, stagnant water, marshy land, dirty places, red coloured bricks and stones, damage, bedroom with sexual activities, rocks or mounds.
Yama is known for his judgement power. He governs the south direction. He executes justice according to one’s karmic balance. He is the God of law and justice, legal affairs and life and death. He rules the kingdom of ancestral dead. Lord yama is brother of planet Saturn. Riding on a male Buffalo, he holds a club in one of his hands. His gem is blue sapphire. His place is best for locating a bedroom (the place of temporary death at night time) or storage room (the inactive place).
Yama, the Hindu Pluto, has been called the son of the Sun – Vivaswat. He is considered as the first mortal born into this world with his sister Yami (the river Yamuna). Sun is the lord of birth, of day and of life while his son Yama governs death of a usefulday and life.
Yama presides the dreaded office of conducting the deceased to the home of the dead, while he has made secure for them.
All souls go direct to Yama after death. It is believed that this journey takes four hours and forty minutes to accomplish. A dead body is not burned until that time has elapsed. The soul remains attached to the body for full three days after death with an invisible silver cord. In many religions, third day after death has been considered very important.
The direction of yama is best recommended for sleeping which needs explanation .sleeping is a short time death, which matches with the nature of south the direction of yama .
sleep is short time death when our conscious mind remains dormant. it is alpa moksha ( short time death liberation) the short time death which we daily enjoy . its period varies depending on the age , health mental and physical activities etc. this short time daily death is necessary for appeasement of yama that fills us with that fills us with new vigour and vitality.
South is always considered as a bad direction, but it is not like that. South is the bank for all the good energies of North direction. There should not be big openings in the south. The owner of this direction is YAM. Yam is Hindu deity for death. Big openings from south give problems comparable to death. South’s owner is also in charge of justice, legal affairs. So if you have south defects, be ready for injustice and legal issues in life.
The corresponding planet for this direction is MANGAL. South also affects the growth in financial prospects, business and career. Closed places in south are prosperous. South stores the wealth in the form of energy. Closed and heavy walls in the south direction keep the Yam at bay from the inmates of the house.
South West (Nairutya) Direction
The ruling deity of the Southwest is Niruti. Depression, sleep, sadness and grief are his qualities. Rahu, the planet that rules the West direction, is the air element and controls one mental and psychic faculties. As Rahu is considered a malefic planet, great care must be exercised to ensure that Southwest has no Vaastu defects. Southwest Vaastu effects mainly affect the family s heads.
On the positive side, a well-balanced vaastu the southwest brings good mental stability and increases sensitivity one mood and awareness, popularity, prestige and fame. On the other hand, a Southwest defect can cause clouded perceptions, hallucinations, unexplained unhappiness, irritability, anxiety and fear, leading to suicidal tendencies, melancholic personalities, drug addictions, violent accidents and deaths.
Niruti is nocturnal deity. She governs sleep, ghosts and night wanderers. Her vehicle is a lion (sometimes it is a human being) and she holds a sword, shield, club ( Gada ) and javelin in her four hands.
Her four hands are the symbol of Square ( chaturbhuj ), symbol of earth, which is the most stable element.
In Hindu religion, oblations are made to the departed souls with full devotion and rituals for saving them from bhoota, preta and pishach yonis and for pacification of the same in the form of Pinda or a ball of rice:
Solar rays in the southwest sector have characteristics resembling with those of Rahu.
Sun-directly or indirectly- is the prime significator of all heat, light, radiation, medicines, poisons and chemicals . The afternoon and evening time rays of sun, having large amount of red and infrared colours, are radio-active in nature. These radioactive rays are highly poisonous for the human body. to avoid the poison entering the vaastu body, southwest is kept closed.
This direction should be highest with slope towards northeast, north or east. It should also be kept heaviest with dense, thick walls made of denser materials such as heavy stones and rocks.
The openings in this direction should be minimum. It is not auspicious to open any door in this sector. There are mentions that this direction is most suitable for a bedroom of the head of family, a pregnant woman expecting a child during delivery day, and an ailing person who has been advised to take complete bed rest. This is also the best direction for positioning the staircase, strong room in a bank or chest in the house, heavy furniture such as steel or wooden cupboards, trunks, and cupboards built in walls etc.
West (Pashchim) Direction
The divinity of the West is Varuna, who is compassionate and giving. Saturn, a very strong planet is the planet that rules for the west side. Both its negative and positive effects are extreme. Dilatory and retention are its nature. He brings detachment, desire for solitude, and a desire for the realization of truth. Saturn rules over death, disease, poverty, separation, ugliness, and dirt. As the air is Saturn element, it regulates Vaata related diseases such as arthritis. Saturn also controls the nervous system and psyche. On the positive side Saturn brings order, stability, a good reputation, peace, prosperity, generosity, detachment and independence. Selfishness, self-centeredness, doubts, fantasies, fear, phobia, and perversity are also related to Saturn.
Vaastu s point of view, the construction on the west side should be heavier "that is, it must be less open space than in the east and north sides. Trash and dirt should be placed on the west side. The West is the man, so Vaastu defects in the West particularly affect male family members, bringing unpleasant to violent responses, such as illness, injury, and death to the male head of household.
West direction has been considered the best place for a dinning room, study room, and for shedding all the anxieties and tensions.
Vaastushaastra recommends dining room in the west. It has many advantages over the other directions. All over the world, dinner is the main supper of common person. During lunch time, most of the persons are out of home and cannot enjoy the hot, fresh food, prepared at home with all love and affection. The English has given name ‘Dining Room’ for the place for taking supper, which clearly signifies the importance of dinner.
The sun sets in the west, so its light is available in this direction upto last minute of its setting. Only the west sector provides opportunity of enjoying dinner in the natural sunlight till latest day hours .
This direction of Saturn will not only make us feel hungry but also helps in an early digestion of food which is necessary for enjoying a sound sleep.
Lord Saturn, the lord of west direction, is of tall stature, thin built, with prominent veins and a sunken stomach. He is also known as The Slow, the All-devouring God.
This direction is known for stability in life. The owner for this direction is Lord VARUN. Varun is deity for rain, fame and fate. The corresponding planet for west is a Saturn. Big opening from this direction is not advisable. The east energy, i.e solar energy is not stored in the west if there are big openings. The axis of energy goes east to west as the sun rises from east and sets in the western direction. The west direction is occupied by the lower abdomen, genitals & reproduction organs of the vaastupurush. The openings & entries from this direction are not good. It spoils the prospects of income.
North West (Vayavya) Direction
Both the divinity and the planet Northwest vaayu (air) and Moon rule the mind, emotions and moods. The Moon influences aspects of interpersonal relationships such as intimacy, friendship, and attachment. Contentment in life and the ability to withstand tension and stress are also governed by the Moon. These positive qualities are enhanced when the Moon is strong in the natal chart one vaastu the Northwest is not defective. On the negative side, one defective vaastu causes emotional instability, moodiness, depression, negativity, lethargy and apathy.
Physically the moon governs body fluids and is therefore related anemia, edema, dehydration, dryness of skin, and constipation. It also governs the lungs and kidneys. Asthma, bronchitis, phlegm accumulation, and obesity are common to inhabitants when the Northwest of a dwelling is defective.
Vayu is the ruler of northwest (Vayavya). He exists in the form of air, wind and stroms. Everything bows its haed before him. Vayu, sitting on a deer, is a light skinned powerful man. He has a javelin and flag in his hands. His strength is immense in destruction as well as purification. He – like agni – connects us with the heavenly gods. Vayu has always been considered as the fast friend of Agni whom he strengthens and helps in spreading. Vayu is Prajapati and frees us from the clutches of this mortal world (Mrityuloka).
Some of the most recommended activities in the northwest are guestroom, servant’s room, granary.
Bedroom of newly married couples, unmarried girls of marriageable age, vehicles, livestock, sports room, or an entertainment room.
The guests here won’t overstay their welcome. Air has great energy and will keep the servants staying here constantly energetic. They will feel happy in your service.
Person trying to go abroad or out of their native place should occupy this direction.
Girls of marriageable age, if allowed to stay in the northwest corner, will soon get married .
There is one strange looking recommendation of KopaBhavan or ‘place for weeping’ in between west and the northwest. This area is the best place to get relieve of day’s tensions, woes and anger.
This direction matches with horoscope’s sixth house of miseries, accidents, litigation and enmity, even one of these will make us weep.
A psychiatrist will get better results if his consultation chamber is located in the northwest sector. After a short while, the patient is relieved of his tensions and feels light like air.
The place in Northwest is very unstable since it is powered by wind element. This direction creates opportunities in the life. If it is powerful and complementary the vaastu principles it can take ones career to big heights. Wrong usage of Northwest gives instability, confusion in the mind & lots of diseases. It can also create restlessness in the inmates.
North (Uttar) Direction
The deity Kubera, the god of wealth, rules the north. The planet North, Mercury, regulates trade and investment, education, intellectual abilities such as comprehension and calculation, and communication skills such as writing, ease of expression, and touch. A good vaastu North brings the positive expressions of these qualities and abundant prosperity. On the negative side, the Vaastu defective North results in the lack of intellectual abilities, inconsistency, irrationality, financial loss, poverty, addictions and lack of self-control.
Mercury is the element of water and the body he rules the heart, nervous system, digestive system and skin. If there is a defect in the North, may suffer from nervous system disorders such as anxiety, insomnia, tremor, palpitations, dry skin pruritus, and irritable bowel syndrome, allergies or Heart- or lung and related diseases.
Kubera, the lord of yakshas, bless us with wealth and prosperity.One, who worships lord Kubera and Lakshmi, can never fall short of money and material comforts. The special puja of Kubera is performed on Dusshera, Dhantriyodasi and Deepawali, asking for prosperity and his blessings.
The VaastuPurush’s chest & breast area occupies the north diection. This direction should always be more open, beautiful, light & less burdened due to the body parts of Vaastupurush.
The today’s logical interpretation of the intellectual vaastu consultants’ states that North direction, which has North Pole, provides tremendous positive energy to the whole structure. This energy is very important for every individual/inmates of the building structure. There should be big openings in the North direction to receive the energies of North Pole.
Brahamsthana
Brahma, the lord creator of the universe, rules the central space called Brahamsthana. His position resembles with the navel of VaastuPurush.
He has four heads which represent four Vedas while his four hands represent the four directions.
Brahmasthana, the central space and Paishachamsha should be kept open to the largest possible extent for the confluence of cosmic and elemental energies.
No loads are recommended here. No structural elements e.g. columns, beams, walls etc are recommended here so as to provide breathing power to the enclosed space. The central space functions as lungs of the building. You can imagine what will happen if the lungs are filled with solid substances other than air. Afflictions in this area by way of dirty things e.g. left-over’s would harm the owner and its occupants
Direction elevation depression
1. North monetary miserable condition, health problems. Prosperity and health.
2. Northeast Health and fortune completely dry the northeast is the highest. Much prosperity and health if the lowest.
3. East unhappy Children Maintains the health and prosperity.
4. Southeast If the elevation is greater than Vayaya and Ishaan however less than Nairritya, provides good financial strength. If the lowest of all the corners, grants fraudulent behaviour and extreme difference of opinions.
5. South healthy life and prosper. Diseases and severe monetary problems.
6. Southwest enjoys good health and prosperity, weakness (physical and mental) of the boss, wife or children.
7. West Good sons and fame. Suffering in education and finances, people comma fame: unnecessary expenditures remedies.
8. Northwest If the elevation is greater than the Ishaan however less than Aagneya and Nirutya, gives general well-being and contentment. If the highest causes total loss of health and fortune.
Results of corner plots
Northeast : Occupants are generally healthy, prosperous and contented beings.
Southeast : Causes tensions and monetary problems.
Northwest : Addictions, bad thoughts, changeable and inconstant thinking.
Southwest : The owner or eldest child gets weakened somehow.
The presiding deity of the Northeast is Ishanya, the giver of spirituality and fortune. Two planets rule the Northeast Jupiter and Ketu. Jupiter is the giver of joy and positive spirit he is an optimist who sees the good in everything. Known in Sanskrit as Guru, Jupiter guides you to turn all adversities into positive learning experiences. Jupiter represents the ether element and promotes physical health, giving strength, vitality and immunity. It also controls the fortune, wealth and success.
Ketu representing the fire element governs all wisdom and helps achieve the highest pinnacles of spirituality. He is known to be the deliverer of moksha (the final realization of the truth).
Defects in the Northeast severely affect the off spring and prosperity. The negative aspect of Ketu causes infertility and is negative, critical people, doubting, foolish, and isolated. Family members may suffer from financial difficulties, anxiety, depression, lack of self-esteem, low energy, and self-pity, or malfunction of the liver and pancreas.
Northeast direction prayer room, meditation place, hawan, recitations of mantras, dwelling of sage, decorations, religious symbol such as SwastiksGaneshaAum etc.
Residences of aristocratic people, residences of teachers preachers judges and religious leaders, worship or pooja room.
Sometimes, northeast direction is called to be ruled by Soma with its nectar like rays. Soma –in the form of Crescent Moon – shines on Mahadeva’s forehead. Soma is another name of Moon due to its cool rays great medicinal effect.
A wonderful direction, which one can relish. The owner of this direction is itself the supreme deity of Hindus Lord SHIVA. The representative planet for the direction is Brahaspati.this direction gives over all prosperity, health &wealth. Brahaspati, the planet for Northeast gives knowledge & spiritual growth. This is a good direction for scholars students. It is a very sensitive direction. A very powerful axis of magnetic energy starts from the Northeast to Southwest. Creating a toilet in this area is blunder, it can spoil the family health or if it is a business place it can ruin the whole business. Bedrooms, stores toilet & heavy structures should be avoided in the Northeast. Creating a fire element in this area gives accidents.
East (Purv) Direction
The divinity of the East is Indra, which gives real and religious qualities and stimulates creative and positive thinking. The Sun (Aditya) is the planet that rules. The Sun represents the fire element and is the giver of health and destroyer of all obstacles. On the physical level the Sun rules the heart, circulation, digestion, nervous system, immune system, visual acuity, and bones. He rules as potential his intelligence, perception, character and persona perseverance. The sun is regarded as the self (atma) and represents ego, power, prestige, fame, authority and control. Positive signs of influence to Sun are self-confidence, a strong will, courage, leadership and straightforwardness.
If denied, the sun could cause low self esteem and lack of motivation, courage, endurance, intelligence and perception. If, on the other hand, is very strong, it can make a big domineering, selfish, and stupid, lack a sense of discrimination.
East direction, open areas, magnificent buildings, great halls, right side window, trees and plants bearing red flowers such as lotus and red fruits such as pomegranate, , Small trees, grass, forests , physicians, red coloured soil, baked bricks, roof, illumination of the house.
The beginning of a new day starts by taking a holy bath and so east it best for locating a bathroom without a toilet. Sun itself bathes the whole of the world with its nectar like morning rays rich in ultraviolet, violet, indigo and blue colour. East is also good for locating a swimming pool, study room, dining room, living room, children’s room or kitchen.
A very powerful direction. The direction is owned by Lord INDRA.Indra is the Hindu deity responsible for rains, overall prosperity, festivity and power. Indra is very powerful in manipulation. The representative planet for this direction is Lord Sun which itself is a big power that nobody can match. Sun gives growth to life, vegetation etc. So you can call east as direction for growth. After the north, east should be very much open, light & clean. Making heavy walls, not providing the ventilation, doors & windows gives stagnation in life. Making a staircase, accommodating a toilet or a store in the eastern direction is a big vaastu offence. Just mind a punch line obstruction in east can create an obstruction in your life.
South East (Agneya) Direction
The divinity of the Southeast is Agni (fire), which governs the knowledge, judgment and discrimination. The planet that rules for the Southeast is Venus. It represents the water element, which regulates the metabolic fire that transforms our food to Energy and creative force. Thus, ultimately, Venus controls the immunity of the body and the mind clarity. Physically, Venus directly influences a person s energy level. The main bodies governed by Venus are those of the genitourinary systems. It governs beauty, charm and grace, as well as relationships with the opposite sex, romantic life, and the expression of feelings. The beneficial influence of Venus brings good taste and refined personality. Venus predominantly affects the second son of a family.
A house built with a correct vaastu Southeast provides good health for the inhabitants, while the Southeast defective can cause accidental fire, theft, cancer, kidney problems, disorders of the reproductive organs, low energy levels, digestive disorders and related diseases disorders of the immune system. One relationship with loved ones is disturbed because Venus governs one expressive power. Vaastu defects in Southeast cause constant disagreements among family members, who become very critical. For example, a door in the Middle East causes constant bickering and rivalry between family members.
Southeast direction, kitchen, All electrical appliances ,including electric meter , generator , invertors , main switch, generator set, inverter, fire place, furnaces, places of pleasure and amusement, TV room ,dressing table, beautiful wall paintings and hangings, music room, dance room, wardrobe, public place in a house, room furnished with antiques, showcase, perfumes, clothes and articles of beauty, ornaments, wealth, precious stones, vehicles, white flowers, ghee, curd, good food, granary, beautiful places, pucca beautiful houses, white coloured articles, cosmetics, marble stone.
If there is an extension of plot in the southeast area or the slope is towards this direction (in such case it will have depression), agni will get accumulated here.
Pitta of inhabitants will increase resulting in different ailments such as high blood pressure, heart disease, bad stomach or stomach ulcer and eye disease. Money will be wasted on diseases and litigations (eleventh house) and marriage or children (eleventh house), particularly marriage of female children (Venus representing females is the lord of this direction).
The plot or house may have a higher southeast than southwest in which case the bodily fire of the inhabitants will be lacking.
Same results will occur if southeast area is cut or diminished in any manner. This lessened fire will cause lethargy, low blood pressure, and impotency and will ultimately lead to dis -interest in an active life.
Boring in the southeast is never recommended. It is a heavy direction after southwest. Southeast, the direction or fire, is bitter enemy of water.
South (Dakshin) Direction
The deity rule to the south side is Yama, the defender of the dharma (virtue). He is introspective, impartial and withdrawal. He is also known as the god of death which is the final judge of all our actions in life. The direction of the south is ruled by the planet Mars, a planet of great energy that represents the fire element. Mars controls motivation and ability one for the emotions and passions project. The energy to drive toward success and the ability to take things for completion are influenced by Mars. Physically, Mars governs the immune system, appetite, food uptake in the liver and small intestine.
The defect-free vaastu on the south side of a house brings peace and prosperity to the people, while defective vaastu the South side can lead to accidents and violent deaths, engaging in wars and gang activity, bleeding disorders, slow healing wounds, anemia and impotence.
South direction, pillars, columns, solid walls, places near fire, kitchen (alternate ) , ceilings, roofs, a house in general, land, soil, burnt place, earthenware, red, sharp corners, triangular plots and shapes, toilet, dung, dustbin, ash, coal, stagnant water, marshy land, dirty places, red coloured bricks and stones, damage, bedroom with sexual activities, rocks or mounds.
Yama is known for his judgement power. He governs the south direction. He executes justice according to one’s karmic balance. He is the God of law and justice, legal affairs and life and death. He rules the kingdom of ancestral dead. Lord yama is brother of planet Saturn. Riding on a male Buffalo, he holds a club in one of his hands. His gem is blue sapphire. His place is best for locating a bedroom (the place of temporary death at night time) or storage room (the inactive place).
Yama, the Hindu Pluto, has been called the son of the Sun – Vivaswat. He is considered as the first mortal born into this world with his sister Yami (the river Yamuna). Sun is the lord of birth, of day and of life while his son Yama governs death of a usefulday and life.
Yama presides the dreaded office of conducting the deceased to the home of the dead, while he has made secure for them.
All souls go direct to Yama after death. It is believed that this journey takes four hours and forty minutes to accomplish. A dead body is not burned until that time has elapsed. The soul remains attached to the body for full three days after death with an invisible silver cord. In many religions, third day after death has been considered very important.
The direction of yama is best recommended for sleeping which needs explanation .sleeping is a short time death, which matches with the nature of south the direction of yama .
sleep is short time death when our conscious mind remains dormant. it is alpa moksha ( short time death liberation) the short time death which we daily enjoy . its period varies depending on the age , health mental and physical activities etc. this short time daily death is necessary for appeasement of yama that fills us with that fills us with new vigour and vitality.
South is always considered as a bad direction, but it is not like that. South is the bank for all the good energies of North direction. There should not be big openings in the south. The owner of this direction is YAM. Yam is Hindu deity for death. Big openings from south give problems comparable to death. South’s owner is also in charge of justice, legal affairs. So if you have south defects, be ready for injustice and legal issues in life.
The corresponding planet for this direction is MANGAL. South also affects the growth in financial prospects, business and career. Closed places in south are prosperous. South stores the wealth in the form of energy. Closed and heavy walls in the south direction keep the Yam at bay from the inmates of the house.
South West (Nairutya) Direction
The ruling deity of the Southwest is Niruti. Depression, sleep, sadness and grief are his qualities. Rahu, the planet that rules the West direction, is the air element and controls one mental and psychic faculties. As Rahu is considered a malefic planet, great care must be exercised to ensure that Southwest has no Vaastu defects. Southwest Vaastu effects mainly affect the family s heads.
On the positive side, a well-balanced vaastu the southwest brings good mental stability and increases sensitivity one mood and awareness, popularity, prestige and fame. On the other hand, a Southwest defect can cause clouded perceptions, hallucinations, unexplained unhappiness, irritability, anxiety and fear, leading to suicidal tendencies, melancholic personalities, drug addictions, violent accidents and deaths.
Niruti is nocturnal deity. She governs sleep, ghosts and night wanderers. Her vehicle is a lion (sometimes it is a human being) and she holds a sword, shield, club ( Gada ) and javelin in her four hands.
Her four hands are the symbol of Square ( chaturbhuj ), symbol of earth, which is the most stable element.
In Hindu religion, oblations are made to the departed souls with full devotion and rituals for saving them from bhoota, preta and pishach yonis and for pacification of the same in the form of Pinda or a ball of rice:
Solar rays in the southwest sector have characteristics resembling with those of Rahu.
Sun-directly or indirectly- is the prime significator of all heat, light, radiation, medicines, poisons and chemicals . The afternoon and evening time rays of sun, having large amount of red and infrared colours, are radio-active in nature. These radioactive rays are highly poisonous for the human body. to avoid the poison entering the vaastu body, southwest is kept closed.
This direction should be highest with slope towards northeast, north or east. It should also be kept heaviest with dense, thick walls made of denser materials such as heavy stones and rocks.
The openings in this direction should be minimum. It is not auspicious to open any door in this sector. There are mentions that this direction is most suitable for a bedroom of the head of family, a pregnant woman expecting a child during delivery day, and an ailing person who has been advised to take complete bed rest. This is also the best direction for positioning the staircase, strong room in a bank or chest in the house, heavy furniture such as steel or wooden cupboards, trunks, and cupboards built in walls etc.
West (Pashchim) Direction
The divinity of the West is Varuna, who is compassionate and giving. Saturn, a very strong planet is the planet that rules for the west side. Both its negative and positive effects are extreme. Dilatory and retention are its nature. He brings detachment, desire for solitude, and a desire for the realization of truth. Saturn rules over death, disease, poverty, separation, ugliness, and dirt. As the air is Saturn element, it regulates Vaata related diseases such as arthritis. Saturn also controls the nervous system and psyche. On the positive side Saturn brings order, stability, a good reputation, peace, prosperity, generosity, detachment and independence. Selfishness, self-centeredness, doubts, fantasies, fear, phobia, and perversity are also related to Saturn.
Vaastu s point of view, the construction on the west side should be heavier "that is, it must be less open space than in the east and north sides. Trash and dirt should be placed on the west side. The West is the man, so Vaastu defects in the West particularly affect male family members, bringing unpleasant to violent responses, such as illness, injury, and death to the male head of household.
West direction has been considered the best place for a dinning room, study room, and for shedding all the anxieties and tensions.
Vaastushaastra recommends dining room in the west. It has many advantages over the other directions. All over the world, dinner is the main supper of common person. During lunch time, most of the persons are out of home and cannot enjoy the hot, fresh food, prepared at home with all love and affection. The English has given name ‘Dining Room’ for the place for taking supper, which clearly signifies the importance of dinner.
The sun sets in the west, so its light is available in this direction upto last minute of its setting. Only the west sector provides opportunity of enjoying dinner in the natural sunlight till latest day hours .
This direction of Saturn will not only make us feel hungry but also helps in an early digestion of food which is necessary for enjoying a sound sleep.
Lord Saturn, the lord of west direction, is of tall stature, thin built, with prominent veins and a sunken stomach. He is also known as The Slow, the All-devouring God.
This direction is known for stability in life. The owner for this direction is Lord VARUN. Varun is deity for rain, fame and fate. The corresponding planet for west is a Saturn. Big opening from this direction is not advisable. The east energy, i.e solar energy is not stored in the west if there are big openings. The axis of energy goes east to west as the sun rises from east and sets in the western direction. The west direction is occupied by the lower abdomen, genitals & reproduction organs of the vaastupurush. The openings & entries from this direction are not good. It spoils the prospects of income.
North West (Vayavya) Direction
Both the divinity and the planet Northwest vaayu (air) and Moon rule the mind, emotions and moods. The Moon influences aspects of interpersonal relationships such as intimacy, friendship, and attachment. Contentment in life and the ability to withstand tension and stress are also governed by the Moon. These positive qualities are enhanced when the Moon is strong in the natal chart one vaastu the Northwest is not defective. On the negative side, one defective vaastu causes emotional instability, moodiness, depression, negativity, lethargy and apathy.
Physically the moon governs body fluids and is therefore related anemia, edema, dehydration, dryness of skin, and constipation. It also governs the lungs and kidneys. Asthma, bronchitis, phlegm accumulation, and obesity are common to inhabitants when the Northwest of a dwelling is defective.
Vayu is the ruler of northwest (Vayavya). He exists in the form of air, wind and stroms. Everything bows its haed before him. Vayu, sitting on a deer, is a light skinned powerful man. He has a javelin and flag in his hands. His strength is immense in destruction as well as purification. He – like agni – connects us with the heavenly gods. Vayu has always been considered as the fast friend of Agni whom he strengthens and helps in spreading. Vayu is Prajapati and frees us from the clutches of this mortal world (Mrityuloka).
Some of the most recommended activities in the northwest are guestroom, servant’s room, granary.
Bedroom of newly married couples, unmarried girls of marriageable age, vehicles, livestock, sports room, or an entertainment room.
The guests here won’t overstay their welcome. Air has great energy and will keep the servants staying here constantly energetic. They will feel happy in your service.
Person trying to go abroad or out of their native place should occupy this direction.
Girls of marriageable age, if allowed to stay in the northwest corner, will soon get married .
There is one strange looking recommendation of KopaBhavan or ‘place for weeping’ in between west and the northwest. This area is the best place to get relieve of day’s tensions, woes and anger.
This direction matches with horoscope’s sixth house of miseries, accidents, litigation and enmity, even one of these will make us weep.
A psychiatrist will get better results if his consultation chamber is located in the northwest sector. After a short while, the patient is relieved of his tensions and feels light like air.
The place in Northwest is very unstable since it is powered by wind element. This direction creates opportunities in the life. If it is powerful and complementary the vaastu principles it can take ones career to big heights. Wrong usage of Northwest gives instability, confusion in the mind & lots of diseases. It can also create restlessness in the inmates.
North (Uttar) Direction
The deity Kubera, the god of wealth, rules the north. The planet North, Mercury, regulates trade and investment, education, intellectual abilities such as comprehension and calculation, and communication skills such as writing, ease of expression, and touch. A good vaastu North brings the positive expressions of these qualities and abundant prosperity. On the negative side, the Vaastu defective North results in the lack of intellectual abilities, inconsistency, irrationality, financial loss, poverty, addictions and lack of self-control.
Mercury is the element of water and the body he rules the heart, nervous system, digestive system and skin. If there is a defect in the North, may suffer from nervous system disorders such as anxiety, insomnia, tremor, palpitations, dry skin pruritus, and irritable bowel syndrome, allergies or Heart- or lung and related diseases.
Kubera, the lord of yakshas, bless us with wealth and prosperity.One, who worships lord Kubera and Lakshmi, can never fall short of money and material comforts. The special puja of Kubera is performed on Dusshera, Dhantriyodasi and Deepawali, asking for prosperity and his blessings.
The VaastuPurush’s chest & breast area occupies the north diection. This direction should always be more open, beautiful, light & less burdened due to the body parts of Vaastupurush.
The today’s logical interpretation of the intellectual vaastu consultants’ states that North direction, which has North Pole, provides tremendous positive energy to the whole structure. This energy is very important for every individual/inmates of the building structure. There should be big openings in the North direction to receive the energies of North Pole.
Brahamsthana
Brahma, the lord creator of the universe, rules the central space called Brahamsthana. His position resembles with the navel of VaastuPurush.
He has four heads which represent four Vedas while his four hands represent the four directions.
Brahmasthana, the central space and Paishachamsha should be kept open to the largest possible extent for the confluence of cosmic and elemental energies.
No loads are recommended here. No structural elements e.g. columns, beams, walls etc are recommended here so as to provide breathing power to the enclosed space. The central space functions as lungs of the building. You can imagine what will happen if the lungs are filled with solid substances other than air. Afflictions in this area by way of dirty things e.g. left-over’s would harm the owner and its occupants
Direction elevation depression
1. North monetary miserable condition, health problems. Prosperity and health.
2. Northeast Health and fortune completely dry the northeast is the highest. Much prosperity and health if the lowest.
3. East unhappy Children Maintains the health and prosperity.
4. Southeast If the elevation is greater than Vayaya and Ishaan however less than Nairritya, provides good financial strength. If the lowest of all the corners, grants fraudulent behaviour and extreme difference of opinions.
5. South healthy life and prosper. Diseases and severe monetary problems.
6. Southwest enjoys good health and prosperity, weakness (physical and mental) of the boss, wife or children.
7. West Good sons and fame. Suffering in education and finances, people comma fame: unnecessary expenditures remedies.
8. Northwest If the elevation is greater than the Ishaan however less than Aagneya and Nirutya, gives general well-being and contentment. If the highest causes total loss of health and fortune.
Results of corner plots
Northeast : Occupants are generally healthy, prosperous and contented beings.
Southeast : Causes tensions and monetary problems.
Northwest : Addictions, bad thoughts, changeable and inconstant thinking.
Southwest : The owner or eldest child gets weakened somehow.
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