A common question posed to a Vastu Shastri is whether
a house constructed as per the Vastu guidelines would be as auspicious for the son and the
grandson as it has been for the person who built that house. The answer invariably
is in the negative. Then the next question arises as to whether Vastu is important or is
only a fashion.
We all know that a dwelling unit whether it is a
small house or a royal mansion, is built for protection and for physical, mental
health and spiritual development. The happiness of the individuals depends upon the
planetary periods of the individuals. Therefore, it is not necessary that a dwelling
unit built by a person would be as prosperous and auspicious for his progeny.
The basic components of a dwelling unit are the
building, the passage, the lighting arrangement and its location, besides its maintenance
and cleanliness. The building laws impose many restrictions. The availability
of land as per one's desire and requirement is also not possible in the present
times. The Vastu factor stands modified due to the painting and lighting inside the
house in spite of the basic structure and airy passage remaining the same. The
various planets during their planetary periods create different types of impact on the
outlook of persons in matters of brightness and colors. These indeed change the overall
effect of the dwelling unit. Why talk of the son and the grandson, a person may
find the same dwelling unit inauspicious even for himself after a few years.
It is important to have maximum benefit of the
dwelling unit, which is derived through natural inflow of the sunlight and air. The
provision for these basic necessities can be made if a house is facing east and its doors
and windows open in the southeast, southwest and western directions. This will help
in the influence of the sunlight on the house throughout the day. Persons living in
such a house will be optimistic and energetic. Besides the basic structure, the
light and bright color on the walls and door panels help in mental happiness, which is
possible during the periods of strong and well placed planets like Jupiter, Venus and
Mercury. It will give a hygienic, clean and decorative outlook while the influence
of Rahu may make the man dubious and deceptive in character. He may use dark colors
on the walls, corners or candlelights. Saturn in its weak state makes the man feel
insecure and he loses trust. As the person's stress is on savings in life, he/she
uses dark shades on the walls and door panels to save money on maintenance and this
creates a stuffy atmosphere.
The result of the maintenance and the shades on the
walls and door frames/panels may be different. While the light and bright shades
bring in prosperity and enlarge the social circle, dark and stuffy shades isolate the
person from society and thrust upon him/her unstable and insecure attitudes in life.
For example, once a gentleman contacted
us about the inordinate delay in finalization of the marriage of his daughter. The
visit to their house showed that though the house was east-facing, its openings were
on the north-east, north-west and west side and he was using a pretty dark blue shade on
the walls of his drawing room and navy-blue paint on his door panels. Our suggestion
for change of shades on the walls and the door panels helped in early settlement of the
marriage of his daughter. In another case, a medico who had set up an ultrasound
diagnostic center was not getting clients, resulting in a loss by way of expenses on the
maintenance of fixed assets. During the course of a visit to the clinic, it was found
that the desired space was not provided for in the waiting lounge and instead of the mercury
tube-lights, the lighting was done with incandescent bulbs. The lighting arrangement
with bulbs makes the atmosphere a little gloomy and one cannot tolerate this
atmosphere while waiting. Slight modifications of space in the waiting lounge and
provision of tube lights resulted in a growing clientele.
