Questions and Answers
42 questions
What is the remedy if the kitchen door falls in the South?
A South door is called the door of Yama: demonic (rakshasi) tendencies enter through it, and at night they are said to make the food impure. Either close that door or energise it with the door power treatment taught later in the treatment classes. When designing, never give a kitchen a South-facing door, since fire into fire can cause a fire.
Can pastel pink be used in a South-East kitchen?
Yes, pink can be used in a South-East kitchen, but only a very mild, light pink.
Can artificial plants be used in the kitchen?
Yes, there is no problem in using artificial plants in the kitchen.
What should be done if the toilet and kitchen share a common wall?
Inject mercury into the ground along the base of the common wall; once mercury is in place no bacteria can travel across into the kitchen. Ideally a toilet should not be on any of the six sides of a kitchen: in front, behind, on either side, above or below.
Is the direction of the whole kitchen considered, or only the direction where the burner is placed?
The place where the fire burns matters most in a kitchen, so the direction of the burner is the key one.
Can yellow be used in the kitchen?
Yes, yellow can be used in the kitchen, for example yellow furniture.
Apart from gridding the house, should the kitchen be gridded separately?
Yes. Interior vastu means zoning each room separately with its own grid and then designing its interior accordingly.
What should be done if the kitchen is in the Brahmasthan?
Remove the kitchen from the Brahmasthan completely. A kitchen in the Brahmasthan causes division (vibhajan), as if the house were split in two. For the same reason the kitchen platform should not be made in the centre of the kitchen either.
Why is the popular red bulb in the South-East rejected?
A zero-watt red bulb has no strength to add fire: even if someone keeps it lit for a whole year, nothing warms up. Such formulas are baseless practices carried on in the name of vastu and should be thrown out; Geo Vastu exists to remove this kind of darkness.
Can white furniture be used in the kitchen?
White is often said to be bad, but bad results from it have not been seen in practice. White is allowed in every direction; it represents the water element, yet many very prosperous homes use it, such as the white kitchen platform in the Ambani home. This advice rests on case studies rather than copied literature, which is why black, not white, is the colour named to avoid.
If the Ambani kitchen uses white in the South-East, why should others use ivory?
In that horoscope the Moon is exalted and forms a strong Gaj Kesari yoga, so white does not harm them; you should use ivory. A white platform alone does not make anyone rich, nor does a platform alone make anyone a pauper: vastu is not everything and nothing is greater than karma. Vastu supports those whose karma is good, and its four controlling factors are dravya, kshetra, kaal and bhaav (substance, place, time and intention).
Is it right to build a temple in the kitchen?
No, building a temple in the kitchen is not right at all. Keep only a small kalash in the Agni kon (South-East) and a small photo of your guru there; that is not a temple. Guru (Jupiter) and Mars are friends, so the guru's grace supports the kitchen.
What should be put in the kitchen kalash?
Only three items: as many whole turmeric (haldi) knots as it can hold, supari (betel nut) and peeli sarson (yellow mustard), plus sava rupaya (1.25 rupees).
When the kitchen is gridded separately, are the devtas gridded as well?
No. The separate kitchen grid marks only the zones, not the devtas.
Should a picture of Lakshmi ji be put in the kitchen?
No. Put up a picture of your own isht (chosen deity) or of the guru you follow.
Should the kitchen kalash be kept open, or with a coconut on top?
Do not keep the kalash open; keep it closed.
Can we eat sitting on the floor in the kitchen?
Yes. For some people, according to the horoscope, eating in the kitchen itself even frees them from the affliction of a planet.