VAASTU RULES FOR WOMEN

The position of the kitchen and the bedroom plays an important part in marital relationships. Defective water bodies at northwest and southeast also have similar influences. Both the north and the south directions have effects on women.

The salient features of houses facing north and south have been discussed earlier. Ancient Hindu customs suggest certain rules for married women to follow.

1) Married women should wear red bindi on their foreheads along with vermilion. It has become a fashion now not to sport these thereby losing the love of the husband. 

2) The mangalsutra is a powerful jewellery. This should be worn which earns the respect of the husband. 

3) Red is a very potent and vibrant colour. Anyone wearing red clothes gets noticed very fast. It is an old custom for Hindu brides (specially in North India) to wear a red dress on her wedding day. So married women may wear red clothes to keep their husbands attracted to them!

4) The custom of keeping a fast on Karwa Chauth for the protection of the husband and prolonging his life makes the husband know that his wife cares for him. It is done a few days before Diwali.

5) Married women should never sleep with their hair open. It is believed that negative forces are more active in darkness and they may creep inside open hair!

KITCHEN VAASTU

In the kitchen food is prepared for us which in turn gives us energy and nutrients required for all round growth. Items or objects which are unused for more than a year should be thrown out as they attract

negative energy. Broken or chipped crockery and utensils should be discarded for similar reasons.

Cleanliness must be maintained in the kitchen. Cupboards should be regularly cleaned to remove cluttering of negative energy. Waste baskets should be emptied at regular intervals and kept out of sight.

Morning sunrays have the power to destroy lot of bacteria and germs. So Vaastu recommends the kitchen at southeast. There should not be any water pipelines near or over the stove because fire and water do not go side by side.

The gas stove and the wash basin should not be close to each other as the opposite elements may create conflict. The refrigerator is best at south west opening to east or north. The heavy items like grains, oils, steel utensils. etc., should be kept at southwest, south or west.

Many people have the habit of storing cooked food for days in the fridge. Cooked. This should be avoided. The best way to clean the fridge is by using vinegar or lemon and vanilla essence.

The ideal colours for the kitchen walls are white, yellow, cream, pastel colours and light brown. Lemon yellow, orange or green can be used for cabinets. For cabinets at south, red can be used. For kitchen slabs, quartz or granite are best but avoid dark colours like black.

SOME DON'Ts

• Do not have a kitchen directly under or above toilets.

• The kitchen should not face the main entrance of the house.

• Do not keep salt in steel or iron utensils.

• Do not keep medicines in the kitchen

• DO NOT keep open garbage cans. They should be covered with a lid.

• DO NOT throw garbage or kitchen waste at night. Do it in the morning

• DO NOT keep knives or sharp instruments pointing towards the gas stove. Keep them covered.

• If there is a door in the kitchen, make sure it opens clockwise.

• Do not let the kitchen have foul or stale smell of food. Use a kitchen freshener.

• Items like salt, turmeric, rice or wheat should never be empty. Refill them before they run dry.

• It is believed that if you keep cooking medium like oil or ghee at southeast or south, there will never be any shortage of food.

• Salt and turmeric should be NEVER kept next to each other.

FEW TIPS

1.The corners of a room should not be dark. They should be brightened.

2. The main door should always have bright light. Pink in case of southwest which will neutralise the negative effects of a southwestern entrance.

3. More than 5 doors should not be kept open at a time.

4. There should be enough open areas in a Puja room to have maximum light and air. Marble flooring is good for puja.

5.Avoid keeping any water feature in the bed room.

6. Furniture should be arranged in the form of a square or octagon or circle.

7. A picture of a sunrise on the southern wall is very good. If there is a defect at east like an obstruction, a Surya yantra or the picture of a bright sun at east will help.

8. There should not be a mirror in the kitchen. But it is good at the north or east of the dining room.

9. A picture of a happy family in the living room is good.

10. The computer should be placed on the right-hand side of study/office.

11. The dining room should not be exposed to the main door directly.

12. Brooms, mops, vacuum cleaner, etc., should be kept out of sight specially in the kitchen.

13. Doors of toilet should be kept closed and windows opened.

Reader queries answered

Q. There is a septic tank at southwest of our house. What can be done as it cannot be shifted?

Name withheld

Ans. Paint the top of the tank with red colour. Bury pyramids between the tank and your house. Install a Rahu Yantra at southwest.

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