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To the moon and back

Vastushastri Khushdeep Bansal

MahaVastu provides the correct method of observing Karva Chauth to benefit your marriage and bring happiness to family, says Vastushastri Khushdeep Bansal

This is a season when everybody is preparing for one festival or the other. Karva Chauth is one such special occasion which gives birth to a special bonding between husband and wife, which is also one of the basic purposes of a vastu-compliant home. This festival, which comes once a year, unites husband and wife with love, care and affection.

On this day, all women want to look beautiful and they also want to beautify their married life. But only getting beautiful or going to the parlour is not sufficient for a loving married life. Sometimes, husband and wife fight over trivial issues and start blaming each other for every little thing.

Due to these fights, they start disrespecting each other. But have you ever thought that the reason for these fights or misunderstandings may be because of some structural imbalance of their houseIJ Yes! You heard it right.

Your house, your building or even your office building can be behind these fights. All of us believe in the sacred institution of marriage; an institution that provides a lifelong commitment and responsibility to share love, care and companionship towards each other. So, take care of the following points, like balancing five elements and interiors, location of your bedroom to make your relationship better.

lOCATION OF FIVE ElEMENTS

Research indicates that the location of five elements — water, air, fire, earth and space — alter love and relationships. For example, water bodies and blue colour governs emotions. Fire element in the form of kitchen or shades of pink represent passion in your relationship. These elements are present in different forms in 16 vastu zones in your home. How their presence in the right direction influence your relationship with your spouse can be easily learnt once you know the logic and science of Vastu Shastra.

Ideal: Shades of yellow or white in southwest (SW), vastu zone of love and relationships, improve your bonding with your spouse. Similarly, shade of pink in southeast (SE) adds passion in your relation and gives it a new energy. Shades of green in east-northeast (ENE) help you forget the past and start afresh, which is very important for a healthy relationship.

Avoid: Blue and black in the south and southeast (SE) as it cause fear, aggression and lack of passion and warmth between the couple. Avoid red, pink and orange in southwest (SW) to maintain a healthy and stable relationship.

lOCATION OF BEDROOMS

Ideal: According to MahaVastu, north-northwest (NNW) vastu zone serves as ideal location for the bedroom of a newlywed couple. Keep your bed in such a position that the direction of your pillow is towards southeast. In this way, also you and your spouse can bring more understanding and love into your relationship.

Avoid: Bedroom for a newlywed couple, by all means, must be avoided in the ESE, SSW and WNW vastu zones as it will become a cause for poor health and relationship.

A bedroom in the ESE corner of the house leads to excessive thinking and suspicious nature and becomes the root cause of frequent quarrels and disagreements between the couple.

Similarly, a bedroom in SSW and WNW corners have their own negative effects on the newlywed couple’s life.  The good news is that just by changing colours in the bedroom you can eliminate the negative effects of the bedroom made in directions other than the recommended ones.

When made in east, white colour on bed sheet, curtains and wall paint should be avoided. Similarly, red and pink should be avoided if your bedroom is located in the north direction.

YEllOW FlOWER VASE

Many times, money becomes a reason for fights between husband and wife.  You tend to think why you are not able to saveIJ Why there is so much expenditureIJ The solution is to keep yellow flower vase, which helps in controlling unnecessary expenditure. You can keep it on table or floor in south-southwest MahaVastu zone of your home. This also helps in protecting health, power and relations.

RED FlOWERS

We all know that small misunderstanding lead to big fights. To avoid these, keep love birds in south-southwest direction. To bring warmth in your relation, keep red flowers in south-east zone.

PAIR OF WHITE HORSES

North-northwest is the vastu zone of sex and attraction; keep a pair of white horses in this zone to enhance your love life. Also remove all the clutter from this zone.

WEDDING PHOTOGRAPH

Keep your wedding photograph in south-west zone to bring more happiness and compatibility in your married life.

SHADES

Apply crème and pastel shades in your bedroom to bring positivity in your relationship. Avoid building a kitchen or toilet or placing a dustbin in south-west zone of your house. These dispose of the sense of bonding and love in husband and wife’s relationship.

How directions are important in Karva Chauth. MahaVastu brings you correct method of keeping this fast, which will benefit your marriage and bring happiness to your family.

VASTU TIPS FOR  A HAPPY lIFE

  • Clear southwest and northeast vastu zones of any waste or clutter. This removes unwanted expectations and adds mental clarity to maintain a healthy and understanding relationship
  • Place your marriage photograph (or any other photograph showing you with your spouse in a happy mood) on the west wall in southwest vastu zone. It will programme your home space to create everlasting love with your spouse
  • Select northwest corner to get blessings of moon planet while offerings water or arghya and prayers to the moon
  • Face the northeast or east direction during the Karva Chauth puja. By all means avoid SSW, ESE and WNW vastu zones for puja
  • Avoid keeping puja sthal in your bedroom

The writer is a Delhi-based vastu expert