What it does
To choose the facing, rooms and interior focus that suit a person.
Samagri used
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Cautions
Explanation and notes
Worked example from class: a Kanya (Virgo) lagna chart had exalted Saturn in the 2nd house, exalted Mars at 14 degrees in the 5th, and exalted Rahu and Ketu. Six planets, including the 4th lord Jupiter and the karmesh Mercury, sat on the North side, so a North-facing home was judged very beneficial. Property, construction and the share market suited this chart; the advice was to plant many flowering trees, use plenty of stone in the interior, decorate the staircase lavishly and lay green Kota stone on it. When Saturn, Rahu and Ketu are exalted, a sattvik person rolls in money, but these planets never forgive wrong conduct. A good chart is like winning a holiday package in a lottery: it is useless unless one actually goes to the airport. Astrology calculates what one brought from the past life; present karma decides what one does with it.
Interior colours are selected in three ways: from the kundali (the planets ruling education, business, wealth and luck), from the element of the zone (its own colour or a friendly element colour), and from the work done in the space.
Red represents Mars and the Surya swar; it creates heat, fire and zeal in the body, so it is used wherever heavy physical work must be done fast.
Blue is a natural cooling and antiseptic colour that brings devotion, truth and respect, keeps body temperature balanced, and gives mental peace and spiritual growth.
Green, the colour of the air element, is antiseptic; it removes swelling, brings happiness, reduces negativity and detoxes the body.
Slightly warmed banyan leaves tied over a swollen part of the body remove the swelling; the healing comes from the natural green colour of the leaf.
Each trade has a supporting colour: yellow for every business, red for jewellery, chemicals, sweets and fire-related work, white for education, cloth and stationery, and green for health; black and grey only in small amounts.
Each direction has colours that suit it and colours to avoid, based on the friendship and enmity of the planets ruling the zones.
Oil-based paint contains lead that is released into the air and breathed in, causing cough, cold, eye irritation and disease; water-based paint should be used instead.