Vastu for Plants: Enhancing Positive Energy and Harmony at Home
For Vastu practitioners, flowers do not only serve as ornamental pieces, but are viewed as sources of life energy. When plants are arranged according to Vastu, it helps stabilize the energy in the house thereby instilling togetherness, good health and fortune. Here is a small guide on deciding and positioning the plants correctly thus generating a positive energy at home.
Importance of Plants in Vastu Shastra
Plants denote healing, rejuvenation and life. In Vastu Shastra, every plant has distinctive advantages and is associated with certain directions to enhance positive energy. Vastu principles and practice can help design and decorate homes that promote inner peace, stability, growth and prosperity.
Most Suitable Plants according to Vastu for Indoor Spaces
Tulsi (Holy Basil)
Best Positioning: East, North, or North-East section of the house or balcony.
Health Benefits: Known in many cultures as the sacred herb, Tulsi cleans the air and gets rid of toxins available. In Vastu it is cherished for the energy cleansing properties and benefits of blessings. It also has therapeutic effects that help digestion and strengthens immunity.
Money Plant
Best Positioning: Most preferably instill in the North or North-East direction, particularly in a blue or green pot.
Health Benefits: Commonly referred to as the Money Plant, it signifies enhancement of one’s financial status. North direction is the location where it is kept when it is said to bring in wealth and financial relations. East-West positioning is to be discouraged as this is subject to financial leakage on unnecessary things.
Jasmine
Best Positioning: Should be situated in the North-East or East direction.
Health Benefits: This tropical plant is famous for its very fragrant flowers and for the beauty that they give to a certain place. According to Vastu, it is believed that this flower brings in positive energy, increases happiness and helps to lift up the mood. It has a lovely scent which rejuvenates the home and tends to not disturb the peace and quiet, thus, this plant is perfect in every possible way.
Neem Tree
Best Positioning: Should be outside the house, preferably in the North-West area.
Health Benefits: The Neem tree is more commonly referred for its air purifying characteristics. The tree also contributes to removing any ill-willed vibes within the home. Most often, it is positioned along the border fence and entry points of the house as an added layer of protection.
Banana plant
Best location: Ideally, a banana plant should be planted in the North-East corner of the garden or backyard.
Merits: It is Vastu friendly and the banana plant brings in good health and wealth. In Indian religions it is offered respect in many customs and traditions because it is said to enrich the home with joy and spiritual power.
Plants to avoid indoors according to Vastu
Houseplants Not Recommended
Cacti and other spiny or thorny plants (with the exception of roses)
Vastu Considerations: Thorny plants, especially cacti are considered to be inauspicious and they can create turbulence in relationships and even cause discomfort in general. If this type of a plant is kept in the house, they might even disturb the serene environment of the house. Roses, however, are an exception since their beauty and sweet smell are able to outweigh the presence of thorns in the plant.
Bonsai Trees
Vastu Considerations: In Vastu Shastra, Bonsai trees depict suppressed growth and are therefore considered as wealth limitations. Carrying Bonsai trees inside the house is not recommended because their use is associated with inactive energy which can hinder both personal and career advancement.
Artificial Plants
Vastu Considerations: Faux plants may be quite decorative but energy emanating from these has a limited life span. Though they are pretty inserts to have but do not exude the good energies that plants do. Vastu encourages the use of living and growing plants because only such plants can give the real energy benefit of climate.
Ideal Directions for Plant Placement
East and North-East: Most plants, especially flowering and medicinal versions, do very well in these directions. Plants in these directions are also said to induce health, growth and tranquility in the house. In the East, it is also advisable not to keep many large broad-leaved plants as it blocks the positive energy flow within the surroundings.
South and South-East: These are better suited for hardy thicker leaved plants like succulents. This direction has the Fire element associated with it so trimming and taking care of the plants should not involve excess water considering the energy levels within that vicinity.
South-West and West: Deployment of plants in these areas should be limited since these directions signify stability and not growth. Ideally small bushes or plants that do not require much care should be used instead of avoiding placement of overgrown or heavy plants that can stagnate the movement of energy within them.
Conclusion
You will be able to make a positive environment using Vastu Shastra principles, which is neither too much, too little nor out of place and moreover, encourages wellness and abundance. In relation to the above, the correct choice of plants and their arrangement in the right way may create an atmosphere of peace, prosperity and positive energies thus transforming the place into a peaceful and blooming abode.
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