Vastu

Office Vastu

While building or choosing a ready build office the following points should be considered. Vastu is all about the positive energy and by following the following Vastu rules one can invoke positive energy and flourish its business. In addition to Vastu one must also apply Numerology rules while selecting new company name.

Northwest	North			Northeast

	Visitors – Marketing Department – Meeting Rooms – Storage Room- Washrooms	Reception – Visitors Junior – Staff	Reception – Waiting Room – Cashier – Prayer Room
West				East

	Directors – Managers – Senior Executives	Free Space	Junior Staff – Pantry


	Business Owner – MD – -CEO – CXO – COO – CFO	Directors – Managers – Senior Executives	Accounts Department – Server Room – Engineering department – Purchase Department – Pantry

Southwest				Southeast
	South

Vaastu ideas for office entrance

The entrance of the office should be in the north or north-east or north-west direction.
These directions are considered to be auspicious and brings positivity.
North direction is also known as the direction of the lord of wealth. It will help you in accelerating financial profits, as well.

Vaastu ideas for Department Positions and Seating Arrangements

Department-wise seating arrangement

Accounts Department:

Accounts department officials should sit in the south-eastern corner and should face the north-east direction.

Marketing Department:

People who are in marketing or sales, should face the north-west direction, to ensure proactiveness. They can also sit in a north-east direction.

CEO/CXO/COO:

The owner of the company must sit in southwest direction and have rectangular desk in the cabin.
The CEO or the head of the organization must face North while dealing with the clients.
It is not auspicious to keep idols and pictures of Gods on the table.
The table should be made of wood. The door of the cabin should be in the north-east corner. The office or cabin shape should be square or rectangular.

Computer Room:

The favorable direction for server room is Southeast and Northwest.

Executives:

Managers, directors, and executives should sit in the south-west, south or west corner of the office. This will help the workforce take better decisions. While working they must face eastern or northern direction. Office employees must not sit under a beam.

Purchase & R&D Department:

Purchase department must be located in Southeast corner of the office.

Meeting rooms

According to Vastu, the best direction to have a meeting room, is the north-west. This direction is also suggested for marketing and sales staff, as they require motivation for improving their performance.

Waiting Room

Waiting room must be located in Northeast corner of the office.

Washroom

Washroom must be located in West & Northwest corner of the office.

Pantry/Canteen

The pantry should be constructed in the south-east direction with light blue or green colors. It should not be located in the north.

Vaastu ideas for office decoration and interiors

According to Vastu guidelines, the north direction is ruled by the god of wealth while the north-east direction is symbolic of a person’s financial health. You can keep a mirror or Kuber Yantra in the north direction or on the northern wall of the office, to ensure good financial health.

Avoid piling up of finished goods in the north-east direction, especially in front of the office desk. You can place these goods in the north-west direction, to ensure smooth clearance of unsold stock.
Place your safe in the south-west corner of the office, to keep financial documents. The safe should face the north-eastern direction, to ensure prosperity.
According to Vastu, flowing water signifies the flow of wealth and positivity in the surroundings. A water fountain in the office will help to reduce stress and also give power. Keep fountains in the north for career growth. Avoid placing fountains that flow outward, at the office entrance.
Office must have sufficient natural light, as sunlight is associated with positive vibes. Bright lights should be placed in South direction.
The logo or the company should be on the south wall of the reception area. Vastu also says that the reception table should be placed diagonally to the front door of the office.
Place a mountain scenery in your cabin, behind the chair.
You can also place a turquoise pyramid on the desk, for better relations with your employees and peers.
Keep your desk clean and clutter-free.
Do not let unimportant documents pile up on your desk.
Keep papers and books locked away.
Throw away broken stationery as it acts as an obstacle to financial prosperity.

Vastu Shastra ideas for choosing wall colors for the office

Vastu Shastra ideas for choosing wall colors for the office
Always use bright colors for the wall paint and décor, as it spreads positivity, reflects light and keeps negative vibes at bay. Here is a color guide for your office:

Blue: This color makes the overall aura cheerful and full of positive vibes. You can use this color for the southern wall.

Green: Use different shades of green color as it is beneficial for professional relationships. Paint the south-western wall in a green color, to promote harmony in the office culture.

White: Use different shades of white, cream, and yellow in south-east, east, north-east and north-west corners and walls.

Red: Usually, office interiors are not painted in red and pink tones but if you want, you can use these colors on the southern walls.

Vastu ideas for placing plants in the office

To bring positivity and some freshness to your workplace, you can consider adding the following plants at your office. This list has been consolidated keeping in mind the extremely dry conditions due to air-conditioning.

Money plant.
Lucky bamboo plant.
Lotus plant.
Lily plant.
Jade plants.

Vastu ideas for choosing office furniture

1. For north-facing workstations, things like files, documents, and electronic appliances like computers, must be kept on the left side of the table.
2. East-facing workstations should have the storage space on the right-hand side.
3. Workstations or desks must never be L-shaped or any other irregular shape as it may create confusion and delays in the delivery of work.
4. Never eat food at the workstation or desk, as it shows disrespect to work.
5. Business owners, especially entrepreneurs, must ensure that their desk is rectangular or square-shaped and made with a superior grade of wood. Avoid tables with glass tops or metal tables, as these are not considered lucky for any growing businesses.
6. For the office, it is better to use steel furniture according to Vastu. If you are using wooden furniture, ensure that the sides and edges are rounded and not sharp. Use light color polish on the wooden furniture.
7. According to Vastu, the office chair should be comfortable and spacious, with good arm and lumbar support and should have a high back. According to office Vastu, for promotion, add a red touch to the chair. White chairs or white cushions are beneficial, overall. Vastu says to avoid using iron chairs in the office. Never use an upholstered chair with discolored or faded fabric, or a broken chair, as it is inauspicious. It is better to repair or change it.

Vastu ideas for the factory office

In a factory, the office should be located in the north or east direction. When doing business deals, the owner or CEO, should always face the north or east direction, for securing profits. Ensure that there is no beam over the table.

Vastu ideas for home office

Since work from home has become the new normal, here are some Vastu ideas to ensure your workspace at home has a balanced environment and promotes productivity:

Set up your desk/home office in the west or south-west direction. Your position during work must be towards the north-east.
When setting up a home office, avoid sitting with a wall at the back. Also, never sit in front of a door.
If you have a separate space that can be converted into an office, opt for neutral colors. You can also choose light gold, as it ensures productivity and profits.
The work desk should be rectangular or square in shape. If one is working on a dining table, then, ensure that it does not have a glass top on it. The work chair should be comfortable, spacious, and up to the head of the person sitting on it.
The drawers should be in the west or south-west section of the desk.

Vastu ideas for office gym

Vastu ideas for Gym in office:

All heavy gym equipment must be placed in the south-west, the west, the north-west or the south-east corner.
You can keep light equipment in the north. This direction is also suitable for performing exercises on mats, which should be done facing the east direction.
Install mirrors in the north or the east walls and avoid the west, the south or the south-west directions.

Vastu ideas for basement office

Wrong placement of a basement office can bring negative effects for the business. The office basement should be constructed in the east or north direction of the land. Make sure there is more space on the east and north side. Mezzanine floor, according to office Vastu, should be towards the south, west or south-west.

Vastu ideas for office parking

Vehicles must be parked in the specified area, towards the north-west of the office building. The north-east should be free from parking zones.

Home Vastu

Vastu Shastra provides guidelines for house construction, they deal with the shape, layout, proportions, and aesthetics. Constructing a house according to Vastu Shastra principles enhances health, prosperity, and happiness for the residents. It promotes peace and harmony in the home. If the house is not built according to Vastu Shastra it can result in disharmony, disputes, health issues, poverty, etc.

Northwest Air Element	North			Northeast Water Element

	Guest Bedroom – Parking	Lockers – Valuable Items – Main Door – Living Room	Children Bedrooms – Prayer Room – Underground Water Tank – Porch
West				East

	Dining Area – Washroom – Overhead Water Tank – Food Storage	Free Space	Main Door – Open Space


	Master/Owner Bedroom	Bedrooms – Toilets – Storage Rooms – Staircase	Kitchen – Electrical Items – Electric Meter – Cooking Oven

Southwest Earth Element				Southeast Fire Element
	South

Directions play an important role in Vastu. Right knowledge of direction is very important to make a building structure according to Vaastu. In the olden days people who needed to check the directions very minutely, used to see the shadow of sun. In the modern technical world, the instrument called magnetic compass is used to check the directions. In the total there are 10 directions but to check with compass only 8 directions are available ( 9th direction is for space and 10th direction is for Paatal). Compass has 360 degrees in total with its radius. Every direction is allotted 45 degrees. For every direction, checking the level of degree is very important.

In total there are ten directions four are main directions i.e.

North
South
East
West

Four are sub directions, which are always in corners

Northeast (Ishan) In the center of South and East.
Southeast (Agneya) In the center of South and East.
Southwest (Nirutya) In the center of South and West.
Northwest (Vayaya) In the center of North and West.

DIRECTIONS AS PER VASTU

North Direction as per Vastu:

North is a very good direction. The owner of this direction is Kuber. Kuber is a Hindu deity and is known for wealth & prosperity. This direction is called wealth and career direction. The planet for this direction is Mercury (Budha).
The Vaastu Purush’s chest & breast area occupies the north direction. This direction should always be more open, beautiful, light & less burdened due to the body parts of Vaastu purush. This energy is very important for every individual building structure. There should be big door in the North direction to receive the energies of North direction.

South Direction as per Vastu:

South is always considered as a bad direction, but actually it is not. South is the bank for all the good energies of North direction. There should not be big open door or windows in the south. The owner of this direction is Yam (deity for 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 Mars (Mangal). South also affects the growth in financial prospects, business, and career. Closed places in south are prosperous. South stores the energy entered from North.

East Direction as per Vastu:

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 (Surya) 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 dosh. Just mind a punch line obstruction in east can create an obstruction in your life.

West Direction as per Vastu:

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 (Shani). Big open door or window 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 Vaastu purush. The openings & entries from this direction are not good. It spoils the prospects of income

North-East Direction as per Vastu:

A great direction, which one can enjoy. The owner of this direction Lord Shiva. The representative planet for the direction is Jupiter (Guru). This direction gives over all prosperity, health & wealth. Jupiter, the planet for Northeast gives knowledge & spiritual growth. This is a good direction for students. Northeast is a very religious and sensitive direction. A very powerful magnetic energy flows from the Northeast to Southwest. Creating a toilet in this area is a big mistake, 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.

South-East Direction as per Vastu:

A well-wisher who is very sensitive, angry in nature, the same is the nature of Southeast direction. Southeast is owned by Lord Agnidev the Hindu deity, which represents fire. The representative planet for this direction is Venus (Shukra). This is the hottest phase of the Lord Sun. Southeast is always allocated for fire related works. Fire being very potent & have lots of anti-elements like water & air. So, one should be careful while placing the other elements with fire.

South-West Direction as per Vastu:

This direction is owned by a demon called Nirutya. The corresponding planet for Southwest is Rahu. This is the strongest direction in the plot as it shows magnetic energies flowing from Northeast. Right usage of Southwest gives a strong & healthy life. It can give you confidence, wealth and health. Southwest can give you name and fame in life, but if Southwest is not according to Vaastu, it can bring many problems. Bad Southwest can make the conditions worst, it can make finances in the reverse flow. Bad Southwest can bring behavioral issues like depression, anxiety, suicidal feelings etc. Bad Southwest can make people feel low & energy loss in working place even. It can give conception problems in the family. If the Southwest is highest in your building that means your happiness and self-esteem is highest.

North-West Direction as per Vastu:

The owner of this direction is Vayudev. The Hindu deity for Air (Vayu). The planet of this direction is Moon (Chander). 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 one’s 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.

Vastu Shastra And Vedic Astrology

Vastu Shastra and astrology thus have a very close connection in different traditions, like Vedic astrology and Lal Kitab. When you buy or construct a house, if you follow the principles of astrology and Vastu Shastra together, you will enhance your chances of living for many years in a house that brings health, prosperity, and peace.

Vastu Shastra and Vedic Astrology

Planets and the Directions As Per Vastu Shastra and Astrology

The nine planets each rule a different part of a house and specific aspects of the resident’s life:

Sun: Sun rules the east and Vastu Shastra advises you to place the entrance here. Windows in the east should also be large to let in the maximum amount of sunlight
Moon: Moon rules the left side of the house and is associated with the mother or daughter. If the left side is dark and cluttered, it can cause health issues for the wife.
Mars and Venus: Mars rules the Southern direction, while Venus rules the Kitchen. Your kitchen should be in the Southeast, which is the Agneya corner, the area of Fire. Kitchens situated opposite to a bedroom or adjacent to a bathroom are inauspicious and will create health or financial problems.
Mercury: Mercury rules the North, and the common areas and outer space like the living room, porch, balcony, visitors room, etc. If the living room is connected to a bedroom, it is good, but if the living room is dark and lacks ventilation, there will be trouble.
Jupiter: Jupiter rules the Northeast, which is an auspicious area suited for puja rooms.
Saturn: Saturn rules the western direction. You can have your storage room, pantry materials stored in this direction is auspicious and it also attracts prosperity.
Rahu: Rahu rules southwest direction. It is a good place for storing unwanted goods. It’s also a good place for a toilet. Rahu also has an influence on the main door, so this door should be larger than the other doors.
Ketu: Ketu rules the northeast. Ketu also rules over the rear door, bathrooms, drains, and staircases. Staircases placed near the main entrance are inauspicious.