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Doubts raised in classes, doubt sessions and live Q&A videos, each with the answer that was given and a link to where it was asked.

63 questions

Why should one face only East while cooking?

The Sun's sweet morning rays carry an energy composition that mixes into the food and gives it taste, quality, minerals, vitamins and protein, so turning your back to the Sun while cooking is considered a great curse of the kitchen. Wherever the kitchen is, shift the burner to the South-East of the kitchen and make the cook face East; if East is not possible face North, but never face West.

Where should shoes be kept?

Shoes can be kept almost anywhere except pure North, North-East and East.

Stairs represent Mercury and Mercury lives in the North, so why should stairs not be built in the North?

Every structure represents a planet, the roof Rahu and the stairs Mercury, but a heavy staircase in the North suppresses the North and with it Mercury. Stairs in the North cause loss of career and of magnetic attraction and end opportunities, so they are not built there.

If stairs have to be built in the North out of compulsion, how should they be made?

Leave some space in the North and build the stairs of wood, since wood also represents Mercury and is light. If a cement structure is unavoidable, leave even more space. Never make them anticlockwise or spiral: anticlockwise and rounded stairs should not be built anywhere in the house.

Are stairs made of mixed iron and plywood acceptable in the North?

Stairs should not be built in the North at all; if they must be, use wood. Many showrooms with wooden double-height staircases are found to do very well, because wood represents Mercury just as stairs and business do, so wooden stairs boost intelligence and keep business running.

If only a bathing area is in the North and the WC is removed, is that fine?

Yes, absolutely. A room used only for bathing is fine in the North or the East; the East is the ideal place for bathing.

If the plot is tilted so that a North-facing toilet seat actually faces NNE, will it work?

Yes, it will work. A slight tilt is acceptable; it is a treatment in any case.

Should a heavy sofa be kept in the North of the drawing room?

No. As the human-body model shows, the North must stay light so that the magnetic current can flow out from the North to the South; making it heavy weakens this magnetic flow.

Where should a share trading office be?

The West and North can work, but the best is the South-West, the zone of Rahu: trading is Rahu's work, Rahu is glamour and makes one rich, and people with an exalted Rahu find that whatever share they buy rises. In one case the teacher checked the swar before a student bought a share, and it rose sharply within 15 days.

If the mandir on the study table faces East, we would face West. Is that right?

Sit before it so that your own face is towards the North. When you face a consecrated idol all directions become zero; direction is small and the Lord is great.

Can a mandir face North or West?

A North-facing mandir is fine; temples of God are often kept North-facing. A West-facing mandir is moderate.

During Diwali puja the deity faces South and we face North. Is that right?

No, it is wrong. Seat the deity in the West facing East, and sit so that you look at the deity while your face is towards the North. The Lord's direction is what matters, just as the teacher's direction matters in a classroom.

Where should family photos be put?

Anywhere except the South and SSW zones, on a wall where everyone's face looks North, that is, on the South wall. The living face the direction of life; only the departed are made to face Yama in the South.

Which way should one face while studying, praying, eating or bathing?

Face North or East during study, meditation, puja, bhajan, meals and bathing.

What is chhappar phaad wealth, and which door brings it?

Chhappar phaad ke means wealth that arrives while you sit quietly, for example someone leaving you a fortune worth thousands of crores in a will. The N4 door of Bhallat devta, the best of all 32 door padas, is called the vipul sampada dwar and brings money in overflowing measure. In one well-known case a childless industrialist family left its entire estate by will to the chartered accountant who had served them, and the beneficiary's house had a complete N4 door decorated exactly as an N4 door should be; former employees became the owners of a huge group.

My main door covers N8 and E1. However much money comes in, loans keep running, one ending as the next begins. Is this the poverty effect of the door?

Yes. N8 is the door of poverty (nirdhanta): a shortage of money persists and one keeps borrowing from others and from banks. The North-East corner padas around N8 and E1 are the doors that make a person poor, which is why the main door should not be in the Ishaan corner. Close it if that is at all possible.

A relative's flat had its door at E1. After buying the adjoining flat and removing the common wall the entrance came onto N4, and soon their ancestral land was acquired for a bullet-train project and they received crores. Is this the N4 effect?

Yes, this is chhappar phaad wealth, which comes as soon as N4 opens. E3, N4 and W4 are the three vipul sampada dwar (abundant-wealth doors). Opening them virtually gives perhaps 1 percent of the actual result, so do not believe the heavy promotion of virtual doors; it is the actual opening that brings the result.

Is it true that untimely death (akaal mrityu) happens in North-facing houses?

No. The North is large, running from N1 to N8, so first locate the pada of your door, whether N6, N7, N1 or another. Mostly it is N1 that is bad: it brings death-like suffering and should never be used for a door.

My Jupiter is exalted and my door is on N6-N7, towards the North-East, yet we have had no problems. Why?

The Ishaan (North-East) corner belongs to Jupiter, so people whose Jupiter is exalted can keep their door there. This shows how the birth chart decides which door suits a person.

My house covers the whole 200-square-yard plot. Its only door opens on N3-N4, but an underground water tank lies right after the entrance. Will this door give its good results, and which door counts as the main door?

No door gives results, however good its pada, if it suffers a vedh such as a pit, tree, T-junction, pillar or column at the door. Here the energy entering through the door falls into the pit of the tank, so close that tank. When the whole plot is built and you enter through one door, that is the main door; generally the main door is the one through which you reach inside the house after the gate. A door made at the back after circling the house (prishtha bhang dwar), or one you leave anti-clockwise, also fails to give full results, even on N4.

My new flat's entry is on N4, but Mercury sits in the 8th house of my Mesh lagna chart, though not debilitated. Will using this door activate the 8th house?

Such a case has to be judged from the birth chart, so it was taken up as a special case study in the evening astro-vastu class. For this analysis only the lagna chart is used, not the navamsha, so only the lagna chart needs to be sent.

Can a rectangular shape be used in the North?

It is better avoided. In the North, choose a half-moon type shape as far as possible.

Can a circular POP ceiling be made in the North?
Flats are small and a half-moon sofa set does not fit in the North. Can a rectangular arrangement be used?

Yes. A rectangular arrangement can go anywhere, because the earth element is present everywhere.

The 5th lord is Mars but the child studies in the West. Is that wrong?

See in which direction the 5th lord sits. If it sits in the West, that is excellent; if in the East, choose the East. The East and North are best for study anyway, and if the lord sits in the South, studying in the South also works.