Ancient texts call yellow mustard Siddhartha, the giver of success wherever work, land, building or business fails. Once washed and energised it always protects, nullifying black magic, tantra, the effect of buried bones and even natural vastu defects.
Potlis, under mattresses, in the cash box, in the ground with buried remedies, at doors and corners
A coconut set on a small water-filled clay kalash at the Parjanya pad, with the water poured into tulsi and refilled daily, activates Parjanya; when the coconut sprouts, the devta is awake.
Parjanya pad, E2; it can also stand outside a door that falls at E2
A water kalash with five mango leaves and a coconut, set on a cow-dung-plastered spot with rangoli at the Shikhi pad, with white mustard, yellow mustard or pukhraj added by need, makes the yogi Shikhi fulfil the wishes of the residents.
A picture of bright white gandharva nagar clouds, cloud formations that look like palaces, hung at the Parjanya pad fulfils plans and wishes and treats a dosh at E2 without other changes.
The elephant (Airavat, the many-trunked mount of Indra) is the symbol of Mahendra; an elephant placed at E4 brings the devta to sit there and give results.
A havan of elaichi (cardamom) at the Mahendra pad, or elaichi tied in a green potli and hung there, supports the success, happiness and peace given by Indra dev.
Grate dried coconut (gola), mix it with white sandalwood and ghee, and perform a havan at the Bhrisha pad to remove confusion and decide quickly and correctly.
Bhrisha loves the champa and firdaus fragrances; use firdaus ittar when offering bhog or havan samagri, and apply it when the mind cannot concentrate or reach a decision.
When work is never done on time and people do not keep time, place an ankush (elephant goad) at the Surya pad in the East and bury it in the ground, or bury a gold swastik there.
When the East is fully blocked by an adjoining wall, make an opening (duct) from the top on the East side so the overhead Sun can send its rays inside at its time.
The tree of Jayant is sandalwood; since it cannot be grown in a pot, plant tulsi at E3 and stand a small sandalwood stick in the pot so the fragrance spreads through the house.
The vajra, the weapon of Indra, hung at the Mahendra pad or buried in its ground removes obstacles and demonic influences blocking happiness, prosperity and work.
A potli of purified, energised gomti chakra mixed with a little yellow mustard, made on a swayam siddh muhurta in red cloth for illness, yellow for business and white for studies. With a kesar swastik and a wish on every gomti chakra it becomes a jadoo ki potli (magic potli) that keeps fulfilling the wish.
Red: with the patient or tied to the bed; yellow: at the business place; white: on the study table or near the books; in the pocket for business meetings
When leaving home for a special task in an auspicious muhurta, carry the energised yellow mustard potli in your pocket and drop three mustard grains on your head; no negative energy can then affect you.
People who are not getting political success draw a swastik on gomti chakra and, while drawing it, hold and write their wish. Being calcium phosphate, gomti chakra links that intention quickly with the universe.
When money or work due from someone is not coming, yellow mustard is thrown in the direction where that person lives while holding the wish; the person is drawn back to you.
Varun and Pushpadant in the West fulfil the wishes of the mind. Keep your written application or wish in the West with a special swastik, a mirror, a pyramid, navratna and five-element symbols, and place it at the three sandhya times.
When Jupiter and Venus are together and benefic, a photo of God riding a chariot in procession (rath yatra) in the North-East brings all-round success.
When benefic Jupiter and Venus sit together, a painting of running horses in an odd number, or of a cow or bull, in the East or South-East brings fame, happiness and sound judgement.
A pink or light pink quartz ball kept on a pedestal in the South-East raises the power of Venus for those whose marriage is not happening or whose work is stuck.
When all planets sit in enemy signs, the strongest planet, Jupiter, is strengthened through dharma, devotion, mantra jaap, sadhana and a kalash in the North-East, so that the hostile planets slowly turn friendly.
A painting of auspicious symbols for people not getting success in business: the kalash fixes the goal of touching the sky, the ancient Om stands for the universe, a kesar swastik is made on the business premises, and four shell-like circles stand for the four purusharth.
The Ashok pillar symbol is used for government support and courage; it is placed in the North-West of an office or factory and is said to bring success.
The kalpavriksha (wish-fulfilling tree) of the bhog bhoomi age fulfilled every wish; a kalpavriksha painting hung in the West lets a person stand before it and have desires fulfilled. It represents the air element.
When the North and East are raised and the South and West cannot be made higher, a picture of a mountain peak such as Everest in the low-lying South or West zone changes the mind through the image and brings opportunities.
Peacock feathers contain mercury, and no negativity survives where mercury is; a framed swastik made of sorted peacock feathers placed in the West fulfils wishes, removes vastu dosh and brings success in work and in children's education.
A signature can pass or cancel a proposal, a cheque or a property deal, so the pen used for signing is chosen by the rashi of the name you sign with: the cap or body colour and the ink colour are matched to that rashi. Only three inks are used for the 12 rashis: red, blue and green.
For the last house of a colony at a dead end, a painting on the end boundary wall showing the road continuing with houses on both sides opens the path; the image changes the mind and stuck work moves.
Dead-end boundary wall facing the road; closed North or East walls
Why are the Vastu Devtas needed, and what is their use?
Every place, down to a tiny particle, has its own chemistry created by the sun, the moon and the planets, and work done in line with that chemistry goes very well, just as a chemistry formula needs its ingredients in a fixed ratio. Land is the biggest source of energy, whether it is called a devta or energy; activating the devta of a particular location and using it for its own type of work brings success in education, spirituality, business, politics and every other field. Energy works only when it is taken in, as dry fruits kept at home give energy only when eaten, so the devtas have to be activated.
Who benefits most from the white gandharva nagar cloud picture at Parjanya?
Especially people whose wishes are not coming true or whose production is not happening. A shining white gandharva nagar picture at Parjanya fulfils wishes like a kalpavriksha, completes stuck work, brings back stuck money, helps sell a property that is not selling, builds market image and gets goods and machine production moving.
In which month are Shikhi and Parjanya devtas awake?
Every devta has its own month; Shikhi and Parjanya stay awake in Shravan (Sawan). The coconut kalash can still be placed at Parjanya after Shravan has passed; once Parjanya is awake it fulfils the wishes of the residents, so that in such a house whoever enters and voices a wish sees it fulfilled.
How should a chart be read if no planet is exalted or debilitated?
That is not a problem. See where the key lords sit: for example, a lagna lord in the 5th house shows that life progresses through children and knowledge. Check its degree and strengthen it. The lagna lord, 5th lord and 9th lord, if not debilitated, can be strengthened through their gems, metals, colours and grains for all-round growth.