Questions and Answers

No. Nothing works better than an akhand deepak; what 10 or 50 grams of ghee burning in it does, nothing else does.

Yes. For a North-East cut, quartz can be put into the ground there to extend that direction; if that is not possible, keep it in a glass bowl at that spot.

Yes, if Saturn is exalted in your chart. The same thing that harms one person can benefit another.

The birth chart is accurate; the name chart is only an estimate. Billions of people are divided among just 12 signs, and results depend on where each planet sits and with whom, which only the birth chart shows.

Sun items go in the East, but they can also go in the directions of the friends of the Sun; one colour or one showpiece is not restricted to one place. That is why the colour combinations of friend planets were given.

No fruit-bearing tree is meant to be an indoor plant. If there is a garden, plant it there, not inside the house; otherwise fruit trees bring trouble for the children, as Varahamihira says.

The coconut holds all five elements and captures the most cosmic energy as well as underground energy, passing it into the home without disturbing anything. That is why it can be planted in every direction, and why South India follows the custom of one coconut tree for every house.

The mango tree. It is one of the tall outdoor trees for the South-West, and being very pure its leaves make the bandanwar for all auspicious functions.

Fix it on the inside of the wall of the part you want to extend; seen from inside, that portion looks bigger and is extended. Fixing it on the outer side makes that part look smaller, so the outer side is used only when a part must be reduced.

A plain mirror shows about three times its size, as a 2 ft mirror shows a 6 ft person. For a 10 to 12 ft area with a 12 ft cut, use at least a 2.5 to 3 ft mirror; even a 1 ft mirror works to some extent, but the result depends on the area and the mirror quality. Use a convex mirror to enlarge a cut and a concave mirror to reduce an extension.

A dressing room has four walls, so fix the mirror on its North or East wall. If the wash basin is already in the South and its mirror must be there, fix a mirror of the same size on the North wall; the pit made in the South is matched by one opposite and the effect evens out.

No. Wardrobe mirrors also belong on the North or East wall. Some say the North-West is also allowed because the mirror represents the water element and the Moon.

Use the rashi of the name you sign with, the name in current use. Trade and other moving (chal) matters follow the name rashi, while a house is built by the birth rashi. For example, someone signing as Pramod uses Kanya rashi.

Curtains represent the air element: they move only when air comes in. The main door, every door and every window also represent the air element.

If you need a partition between the North and the East, make this painting on the glass partition there. If you do not want glass, the painting can be made on cloth and hung instead.

Mandnas that contain a swastik or Om must never be made on the floor; mandnas are made on walls, while rangoli is made on the floor. Traditionally they were made with leaf juices; today use water-based paints, or make them on an MDF sheet or canvas, or print and frame them.

Three, and the third eye opens too. This is why a rotten coconut, whose eyes burst, can bring eye trouble and spectacles to a household, so never keep a rotten coconut at home.

Yes, if there is a dead end it can be made in a flat too, but first see what needs opening. If a direction such as the North or East is completely closed, it can also be opened this way.

First see what Mercury is in your chart (exalted, bhagyesh or lagnesh, which supports health) and where it sits. If its own colour cannot be used in that zone, use the colours of Mercury's friends, and the colours of the friends of that zone's element must also be taken.

Such a door is not counted as an entry; it is a prishth bhang dwar (rear door) that lets the negative energy of the house out. Energy enters with you through the door you come in by. No treatment is needed; if it bothers you, draw the energy-blocking swastik. Symbol vastu especially suits countries outside India, where demolition is not possible.

Yes, they can be made or printed on canvas and fixed.

Yes, it is made on the outer side of the door.

Yes. When it is cut, the mountain scenery is used to extend it.

Draw five swastiks with your own hand, using kesar, on the main entrance; they become a permanent bandhanwar (toran).

A fruiting mango tree need not be removed: build a boundary and chabutra around it and keep a tulsi plant there. A pomegranate can be moved with its roots to another place; if it cannot be moved, pour desi cow urine at its roots and place tulsi near it.