As we step into 2025, embracing the principles of Vasthu Sastra can play a pivotal role in achieving energy balance.
This stability is essential for cultivating an environment that nurtures mental clarity, emotional stability, and well-being.
Ancient architectural science emphasises harmonising the five elements of nature—earth, water, fire, air, and space—with the living spaces we inhabit.
Ignoring these principles can lead to energetic imbalance, emotional disturbances, disharmony among residents, negative impacts on health and prosperity, blocking opportunities and delays.
Here are ten key points why energy balancing through Vasthu Sastra is particularly beneficial:
- Space cleansing: Start by decluttering your surroundings. Remove broken, unused, or unnecessary items from your home or workspace.
This process tidies up the area and eliminates stagnant energy, allowing new, vibrant energy to flow. Avoid using dark colours such as black, grey, and dark blue, as they do not promote a cheerful atmosphere.
A clean and organised space fosters clarity and invites a sense of freshness.
- Spiritual cleansing: Focus on spiritual purification once the physical space is cleared. Use incense, sage, camphor, or saltwater to cleanse the environment of negativity. These traditional methods can help dispel negative vibrations and restore balance, leaving the space with peace and positivity.
- Re-energise the main door: Pay attention to your main door, which is the face of your house, to enhance positive energy flow. You can start with the main entrance, ensuring it is clean, well-lit, and welcoming. It serves as the portal for positive energy to enter.
Ensure the main door is in good condition and free from damage or blemishes. Repair and restore it if needed, and decorate it to create a warm and welcoming entrance.
- Northeast quadrant: Check the northeast quadrant, keeping it open, uncluttered, and free of heavy furniture and weight. This area is closely linked to prosperity and spiritual energy. Place a water feature, such as a fountain, in this location. Flowing water symbolises prosperity and a continuous flow of positive energy. Northeast is the water-element quadrant, and water must not be placed elsewhere.
- Kitchen: Prioritise cleanliness in the kitchen, ensuring cooking is conducted in the southeast (fire) or northwest (air) quadrants. In the southeast zone, you should face east when cooking, while in the northwest, you should face north. These directions are traditionally associated with health and vitality.
- Love and relationship: Strengthen the relationship between the husband and wife in the southwest area of the earth quadrant. This is the space they should sleep in, facing north, east, or west. Southwest plays a significant role in enhancing romance, intimacy, and harmony between partners.
Use soft, warm, and romantic colours like light pink, peach, or pastel shades to create a calming and loving atmosphere.
Install soft, dim lighting to enhance closeness. Avoid overly bright or harsh lights in the bedroom, which may not promote affection.
Avoid placing mirrors directly facing the bed, as they disturb energy flow and confuse partners.
- Sacred space: A sacred space in a household has spiritual, psychological, and cultural significance. Such a space aligns with cosmic energies and fosters harmony, balance, and prosperity in a home. The northeast quadrant is the ideal place for a prayer space, and having it there will attract and amplify positive energies and create a harmonious atmosphere.
- Wealth corner: The southwest corner is governed by the earth element, which represents solidity, permanence, and stability—key attributes for safeguarding wealth. The safe’s door should open toward the north or east. These directions are considered auspicious for wealth inflow and are associated with the Lord of Wealth. Place a red or golden cloth under the safe to enhance its energy. Keep Citrine crystals and a gold coin to woo wealth.
- Garden: Plants significantly enhance positive energy, prosperity, and well-being. While some plants, like basil, snake plant, and peace lily, are known to attract wealth and good fortune, others can generate negative vibrations and should be avoided. For instance, thorny plants such as cactus and creepers are considered less auspicious and may not contribute to a harmonious environment.
- Work-from-home: For productivity, focus and a positive energy flow, place your work-from-home desk in a way that faces north or east. These actions align the energy of your home office with cosmic forces, promoting success, mental clarity, and a balanced work-life environment. Avoid sitting with your back to the door or using the dining or dressing table for work. You are urged to create a dedicated workspace that minimises interference from domestic activities, helping maintain a clear boundary between professional and personal life.
Award-winning writer Dr T. Selva is the author of the bestsellers Vasthu Sastra Guide and Secrets of Happy Living. To get a copy, WhatsApp 019-2728464. He can be reached at drtselvas@gmail.com. Facebook: Vasthu Sastra