Rahul Gandhi will he win Amethi in 2014 General Election in India

Some years back I wrote about astrological chart of Sh. Rahul Gandhi. It was published in Astrology Research Journal.  This time round I am motivated to write about him again

Born on 19 June,1970 he is a Dog person. His Day Master is Yang Metal as per Bazi. He is born in a Yang fire month.

Yang metal day master are true doers. They are not suitable for planning and strategy making rather they are action oriented always wanting swift action.  His chart is a quite hot with two Horses sitting side by side in day and month branch affecting self. This is called Self punishment. This punishment leads the person to do something that he knows is wrong but he tends to do it anyway. Thus making more harm.

2014 is Horse year in Chinese Astrology. This may further aggravate the self punishment penalty which is internal to his chart. The elements of 2014 year are Yang Wood sitting on Yang fire. Both these elements are not favourable to him.

Amethi constituency from which is contesting is going to poll on 7-5-2014 which is a Wu-Yin day. It is a dragon day which directly clash with Dog , the animal sign of Sh.Rahul  Gandhi. Not a suitable day for him. The day elements are Yang earth sitting on yang wood with hidden elements Yang earth, yang wood and yang fire. The earth element supports is day master.

Despite one favourable element, the chart for 7-5-14 is very weak for him.He needs to work really hard. I pray to the God for his success at Amethi.

Writer Sanjay Gupta is a renowned scholar & researcher in Feng shui, Vastu, bazi,Chinese astrology. He may contacted on email id: sanjayrssons@gmail.com

Powerful Dragon-Phoenix symbol in Feng shui

Powerful Dragon-Phoenix symbol in Feng shui

Dragon and Phoenix symbol is regarded as the ultimate symbol in Feng shui since it completes the Yin-Yang relationship-the very basis of Feng shui. Dragon is yang force, masculine energy and energy of fertility whereas Phoenix is yin force, beauty, feminine energy . Both complements and complete each other. It is a very powerful symbol for matrimonial bliss. It improves communication in marriage. This symbol may be placed:

• It may be placed in South-West direction for matrimonial harmony and love. Specially when the communication between husband and wife is poor
• It may be placed in East for good family relationship and bonding and for good health of family.
• It may be placed in South direction with proper lights for name and fame. A very good enhancer for Politicians
• Unmarried persons looking for suitable partner may place this in their love direction as per their kua number

Writer Sanjay Gupta is a renowned scholar and researcher of Feng shui, Vaastu, Bazi reading, Chinese astrology. He may be contacted on Ph: 09868812208 ( India) email: sanjayrssons@gmail.com

BIG SPECULATION  OBAMA OR ROMNEY

Tomorrow November,6,2012 USA will vote for the new President. With news reports showing neck to neck fight between the two candidates, there is huge speculation who will be the next President of USA.
It is always very difficult to predict such events, however I could not resist myself to peep inside the window. Tomorrow  NOVEMER, 6 is a Goat day with day pillars YIN METAL over YIN EARTH. Three hidden elements in the chart are  YIN FIRE, YIN EARTH and YIN WOOD.



Above are the Bazi charts of the two candidates.
MIT ROMNEY: has Yang Metal DM and it is weak. His animal sign is PIG. Two favourable elements available to him tomorrow are Direct resource and Rob wealth. Which gives him competative nature and confidence. Both the luck pillars of tomorrow are favorable to him.
BARAK OBAMA: has Yin earth DM which is strong. His animal sign is OX. On November,6 four favorable gods are available to him i.e. eating god,friend, indirect resource and 7 killing which indicates elevation and rise in authority,power and status.
BOTH the candidates haves very favorable elements tommrrow which clearly indicates very tight contest however one biggest drawback for BARAK OBAMA is that November,6 being a Goat day has direct conflict with his animal sign OX. Hence a personal breaker day for him.
Things seems to be favouring MIT ROMNEY.

writer Sanjay Gupta is a renowned scholar and researcher in Feng shui, Vaastu ,Bazi reading. He may be contacted at  email: sanjayrssons@gmail.com, ph: 09868812208


 

MULTI-FACET CRYSTAL BALLS IN FENG SHUI

FENG SHUI -MULTI-FACET CRYSTAL BALLS

Multi-Facet crystal balls are widely used in Feng Shui. These are also called Feng shui Aspirin.These are made of glass and lead. It is a LIGHT cure in Feng shui which is used to bring positive and vibrant energy in a dull space. These are hanged at windows or such spaces from where sun light is coming and believe me it brings Rainbow colours in your space.Thus not only cleansing the stale energy but also bringing new and vibrant energy in the space. These are also used as cure for missing ba-gua sectors. 

 Generally the size 30mm to 40 mm is preferred. These are hanged in red threads/ ribbons in the size of multiples of 9 inch. To say 9,18,27 inch thread.Since it is a light cure regular cleaning of it is a must for good effect.

Lucky bamboo- Feng shui

Lucy Bamboo- Feng Shui

Lucky bamboo is the most popular and recognised Feng shui cure World-wide. It represents wood element- the only Feng shui element which is alive. It denotes growth.
The first question asked is how many stalks of bamboo should be kept. It depends upon our aspiration.
Number of stalks:
 2     for Love & marriage
 3     For happiness
 5     For health
 8     For wealth
 9     for Good fortune.

The next question is how to put the plant:
All the five elements of Feng shui should be present in the bamboo plant.
Wood- the plant itself
water-  The container should have some water. Also the plant grows with water.
Earth- Put some pebbles in the container to introduce earth element
Fire- Tie the plant with Red ribbon
Metal- the container should be prefably of metal
That is how all the 5 Feng shui elements are balanced in the cure.

Next question is where to put it:
The good sectors to put it are EAST, SOUTH-EAST, NORTH and SOUTH.

wish you great luck:
Sanjay Gupta, renowned scholar and researcher in Feng shui and vaastu.
email: sanjayrssons@gmail.com
Ph: 09868812208

LONDON OLYMPICS 2012

London Olympics are starting from July,27,2012. July,27,2012 is the 9th day of 6th month of this Water Dragon year 2012. This is a Earth Ox day.As per 12 day officers it is a destruction day. As name suggest it is a day for activities involving destruction. This day is not suitable for positive activities like opening ceremony. Further the dong gong rating is also inauspicious. The saving grace is the presence of mound star as per 28 Constelations. This is highly favourable star and one of few stars with no negative attributes. On July,27 the happiness direction is North-East and the worst direction is south-east. Considering the above , July,27 is not a particularly good day to start such big event.It will be very good if the event starts from North-east direction.

Feng Shui and Bathrooms with Vaastu Fusion

Feng Shui and Bathrooms with Vaastu fusion

The positioning of bathroom is one of the most difficult decisions in designing a house. Bathroom is a yin Qi area and it belongs to water element in Feng shui. It c

an be divided into two parts-the bathing area and the toilet or WC area. It has draining and flushing functions and handles human wastes. It washes and cleans us both physically and emotionally and eliminates waste products from us. In older times when modern day flushing and plumbing techniques were unavailable, the toilets were placed far away from the house and bathing areas also placed away from the house near some water source for the sake of cleanliness. But now a day with modern systems bathrooms are designed in the house itself.

Location of bathroom:

All the eight direction/ sectors corresponds to specific human aspirations in feng shui as pointed out in the bagua map below and each sector is very important for a

Generally in feng shui the bathrooms are avoided in South-West sector which is the sector of family, marriage and romance love life. A happy married life and cordial family relations every family dream off. The other sector which is avoided is South-East being sector of wealth. Nobody wishes his money go in drain.good life.. As the bathrooms are connected with flushing placing it anywhere shall affect one or the other part of life. It is a very difficult decision for any house maker.

There is also a big no to placement of bathroom in the Centre of the house which is also called yin-yang point as it destabilizes the energy in the whole house. The centre of the house should be as open as possible for good flow of chi in the house and all around luck and especially in this period of 8 in Feng shui which will end in Feb, 2024.

Thus while deciding the location of bathroom the owner of the house has to take a very vital decision that which aspiration is more important to him and with which he can compromise as shown in bagua map below:

Some important tips for location are:

 A bathroom should not be placed on the upper floor above kitchen. In feng shui the stove in the kitchen symbolizes health and family wealth and its element is fire.Water energy of the bathroom extinguishes the fire energy of the kitchen and thus endangers the wealth and health of the family. If this situation cannot be avoided move the stove at least 10 feet away from the waste pipe of the toilet.

 Avoid placing a bathroom above the bed room as the contaminated qui of the bathroom wrecks havoc on the relationships of the occupants.

 A bathroom should not be placed above the main door as the emanating energy from the toilets contaminates the benevolent qui that enters the house making it sick and devoid of good luck.

 Avoid bathroom in the front hall, facing / near the main door. As the house cannot reap the benefit of the chi entering the house. It will be flushed out of the house by the bathroom or the contaminated qui will circulate in the house.

 Avoid placing bed in the bedroom in such way that on the other side of wall which it shares with bathroom is having toilet flush tank. It brings many sleeping disorders to the occupant.

Note in Advance feng shui formulas like Flying star, generally the bathrooms are located in those sectors where stars are inauspicious to suppress bad st

ars. For calculating this very experienced Feng shui experts are required.

In Classical feng shui the toilet is regarded as bad Feng shui and the Geomancers regarded that it should NOT be placed in the following positions according to the Chinese horoscope symbols:

Horoscopic sign of the head of the family	Position of toilet to be Avoided
Rat	North
Ox	North
Tiger	North
Rabbit	East
Dragon	South-east
Snake	South-East
Horse	South
Goat	South
Monkey	South-West
Rooster	West
Dog	North-West
Pig	North-West

Designing / Decorating /Maintenance of Bathroom

After selection of location the next part of designing, decorating and maintenance of bathroom starts. The three basic principles for this are: Clean, Organised and Fresh Air.

A well organised bathroom design is shown in the picture below:

vThe WC and the bathing area should be as far as possible and should be separated by some partition/ curtain.

v The WC should not be visible while entering the bathroom. If bathroom are attached with the room and the bed faces the bathroom door create some visible division between them.

v As far as possible keep water pipes and drains confined to one wall of the bathroom as depicted in the picture below.

v The doors of the bathroom should remain closed all the time and the toilet seat always down when not in use.Closing drains in your tub and sink help conserve the energy.

v The bathroom should have window/ ventilators to let fresh air in. Install a good fresh air exhaust fan and let it start all the time.

v Create aroma station in your bathroom. Choose candles, soaps, lotions from aroma. While rose and jasmine aroma attracts romance, the citrus aroma of lemon and orange stimulates imagination. The other wonderful aromas are sandalwood, lavender, yang yang.

v Introduce mirrors in your bathroom, it stimulates the good energy. It should not reflect your whole body while sitting on WC. The mirrors to be kept sparkling clean.

v Keep minimum cosmetics in the bathroom as it creates sense of insecurity. Further get rid of fashion magazines or tabloids from the bathroom as these make you feel that you will never be rich, thin or beautiful enough.

v Bathrooms should be hidden as far as possible in the house. Placing full length mirror on the outside door makes it symbolically disappear. A very effective tip for wrongly placed bathrooms.

v Everything in bathroom should be in good working condition. The leaks must be mixed immediately as these denote money loss. No garbage or broken item in the bathroom.

v Tie red tape or red ribbon on the outgoing pipe of the bathroom to keep the energy from flowing out.

v Introduce lively wood element in the bathroom like bamboo plant. Rotate plant every week in sunlight to let it stay healthy. Some sea salt may be put in bowl as it absorbes negative energy. Do not forget to change it periodically.

v A small light should be lit 24 hours in the bathroom.

Vaastu Fusion in bathroom

§ The ideal location of bathroom as per Vaastu Shastra is West and North-West. The second good location is South-east. If these are attached to a room then these should be located in the above mentioned directions of the room.

§ The under ground septic tanks are preferred in North-West.

§ Location of bathroom in North-East and Centre is prohibited.

§ Large window may be in North while small ventilators are good in East or West.

§ Mirror may be put on the North or east wall of the bathroom.

§ WC should be in West, South or South west of the bathroom and it should be oriented North or South. It should be placed away from the bathing area.

§ Wash basins, bath tubs, shower should be placed in North, East or North-East direction. The head of the bath tub should be in South.

§ Avoid marble flooring in the bathroom.

§ Door of the bathroom should be in East or North-east away from commode.

§ Light colours should be used in bathrooms.The slope of water should be in North-east in bathroom.

§ tThese Feng shui and vaastu guidelines goes a long way in creating the most difficult place of the house. A fusion of two can give wonderful results.

Author Sanjay Gupta is a renowned researcher and scholar of Feng shui, Vaastu, bazi reading, Chinese astrology, and numerology. He may contacted on Ph: 09868812208, 09311025900. His email id: sanjayrssons@gmail.com

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varun gandhi marriage

VARUN GANDHI-MARRIAGE

Varun Gandhi born on 13-3-1980. His animal sign is monkey. He has a bazi profile of friend and diplomat. Today on 6th March,2011 he is married to Yamini Roy. As per Chinese Almanac today is a Initiate day which promotes smooth beginning. A day for right start on the right foot and very suitable for marriage. And incidentally the auspicious age for today is also 31 years and Varun is 31 years old. Wishing the new couples a very happy married life.

Writer Sanjay Gupta is a renowned scholar and researcher of Feng shui, Vaastu, Chinese astrology,Bazi reading,numerology. He can be contactes on email: sanjayrssons@gmail.com, Phone: 09868812208

CAN INDIA TAME KEVIN O' BRIAN ON 6TH,MARCH,2011 WORLD CUP TIE WITH IRELAND

CAN INDIA TAME KEVIN O' BRIAN ON 6th MARCH WORLD CUP TIE WITH IRELAND

This question is on the mind of every Indian. Kevin O' Brian is attracting a lot of media attention. Kevin is born on 4th ,March,1984. His animal sign is Rat with day master Yin Fire. He has a chart of an analyser, leader and warrier. The day 2-3-2011, when he broke the England team was 28th day of lunar month with elements Bing-Chen i.e. Yang fire on Dragon and the element of the month was Geng-Yin i.e. yang metal on Tiger. It was incidentally a day when luck was not very favorable to him and with his detrmination and courage he survived. The Indian tie is on 6-3-11 it is 2nd day of the new lunar month.Yes the month is changing on at 6.31 AM approximately with elements as Xin-mao , the polarity changed to yin and it is a day of Geng-shen i.e. Yang Metal on Yang Metal. This day is far better for him-let's keep our fingers crossed and hope for wonders in this new month. In Indian team the elemnts of Harbhajan Singh ,Ashish Nehra and M.S.Dhoni are controlling him.

Writer: Sanjay Gupta is a renowned scholar and researcher in Feng shui,Vaastu, Chinese astrology, bazi reading, numerology. He can be contacted at: 09868812208 email: sanjayrssons@gmail.com

Cricket World cup India v/s England tie on 27th February,2011

CRICKET WORLD CUP- 27th FEBRUARY, 2011 TIE BETWEEN

INDIA and ENGLAND

Sunday, the 27th February is the 25th day of the Lunar Month. The elemnets of the day as per bazi analysis is GUI-CHOU( Ox). It is yin water sitting on yin earth. A day when yin earth is controlling yin water. As per chinese astrology it is success day for M.S.Dhoni, Gautam Gambhir,S.Sreesanth and Yuvraj Singh while excellent day for Virat Kohli and Piyush Chawla. Unfortunately the bazi element is not very favourable to the chart of Gambhir, Sreesnath,Piyush, Kohli and Yuvraj. Their performance should remain average. They have to work hard. Sachin Tendulkar again not having very favourable day. And the pick of the day is our captain M.S.Dhoni, besides having a success day ,the elements of the day are very favourable to him. He shall play a crucial role in this tie. Other players to compliment him are Suresh Raina, Harbhajan, Munaf Patel and Ashish Nehra.

Writer: Sanjay Gupta is a renowned scholar and researcher of Feng shui, Vaastu, Chinese astrology, Bazi Analysis, Numerology. He may be contacted at email: sanjayrssons@gmail.com, mobile: 09868812208

Wind Chimes- Magical Feng Shui tool for Enhancement and Protection

Those who are aware or know a little about Feng Shui must be familiar with Wind Chimes. It is one of the most popular Feng shui item in India. You can find lots of homes in your neighbourhood hanging this as also almost every gift shop selling it. Wind Chimes are generally made of steel, wood, copper hollow rods hung in a group. The history of wind chimes dates back to prehistoric times in many cultures. It is said that it originated in India in the form of Wind bells which were hung outside the temples and then moved to South Asia from China, Bali to Tibet and Japan. In Buddhism wind bells are used in many holy rituals. Feng shui focuses on the flow of energy called “CHI” and its flow has direct impact on person’s health, happiness and luck. Wind chime is used as a sound cure to correct the path of energy flow and removing various blockages, thereby enhancing the overall luck. These make harmonious sound when a gentle breeze blows.

Material of Wind Chime
The material of it is chosen according to the element of the sector where you are introducing it. Metal wind chimes are good for West,North-West and North Sectors whereas wood is preferred in East, South-East and South sectors and ceramics is used in South-west, North-east and centre sectors. Hanging metal wind chime in wooden sectors of East and South-east should be avoided. However sometimes metal wind chimes are also used as cure for malignant stars flying in this sector in advanced Feng shui methods. But these should be used under the guidance of experienced Feng shui master. Listen to chime before purchasing. The sound must be pleasing to the ear that lifts your spirits If the sound is annoying, discard it. Metal wind chimes usually works well as its sound is more penetrating which corrects the flow of “CHI”, the energy.

Number of Rods
The good number of rods is 6,7,8,or 9. When 6 or 8 rods are generally used for luck enhancement and for beating the bad luck 5 rod wind chimes are used specially in sectors where illness star 2 and quarrelsome star 3 resides as per Advanced formulas of Feng shui.


Size and place of hanging
Choose a size suitable to the space. Very big chimes not preferred indoors while very small wind chimes may not be potent enough outside or in a large room. Generally these are placed outside the door so that they can create sound when wind blows or someone enters the premises. These can be hanged inside the rooms also preferably at the height of your waist.

Usages of wind chimes

Wind chimes are used for protection, purification and enhancement of energy flow in certain areas.

• Hang a 5 rod wind chime on the middle door if there are three doors in a row. It will remove the affliction.
• Hang a 5 rod wind chime on the overhead exposed beam. It will deflect poison arrows caused by the beam.
• If there is a tree or pole or some poison arrows from neighbours pointed at your door, hang a 5 rod wind chime in between. It will smoothen the flow of energy towards your house/office.
• Hang a wind chime in the south sector of your house/living room to attract fame and popularity. Wooden wind chimes with 9 rods are preferred here as the ruling number of south is 9 in Feng shui.
• In a room or building having only north facing windows, little sun light reaches indoors. Thus creating cold and melancholy atmosphere. Use 6,7,8 or 9 rod metal wind chimes in north,west and north-west to bring more energy in the house.
• North facing entrance houses are often marked with isolation as the ruling element of north is water in Feng shui. Hanging metal wind chimes at the entrance brings more life and vitality in the house.
• Hang 2 or 9 rod ceramic or pottery wind chime in south-west sector of the house/living room to improve relationship luck.
• Off course looking to improve children luck, hang 6 or 7 rod metal wind chime in west and to get support of mentor hang 6 or 7 rod metal wind chime in North-west sector of house/living room.
  Yes ,the usage of wind chime is numerous. It’s the sound energy which breaks the barrier and brings luck and happiness in abundance.
  Author Sanjay Gupta is a renowned researcher, writer and scholar of Feng shui. He may be contacted at sanjayrssons@gmail.com. Mobile no.09311025900.Address: C-4/15, Model Town-III, Delhi-110009

POWERFUL FENG SHUI CURE- BAGUA (PAKUA) MIRROR

POWERFUL FENG SHUI CURE- BAGUA (PAKUA) MIRROR

1. Bagua or Pakua mirror is one of the most powerful symbol of protection in Feng Shui. In China and South East Asia it is the highest spiritual symbol and commands respect. It is used to deflect and diffuse the negative energy also known as SHA QI and it also wards off ghosts and spirits that cause bad luck and health problems. It is a octagon shaped wooden frame divided into eight sections with a mirror in the centre. The eight sections representing eight trigrams each having three lines broken or straight. Each trigrams represents a season, a direction and above all symbolically shows Family nucleus made up of father, Mother, elder son, middle son, Younger son, elder daughter, middle daughter and Younger daughter. Perhaps this is why with the Family nucleus, the Pakua is so powerful. The pakua mirrors are designed in auspicious red, green, yellow, gold colours. These colours represent growth, creativity, vigour, productivity, success and wealth. The mirror used in the centre is either concave or convex. Bagua mirrors come in various sizes, the average size being 4 to 6 inches.
   
   The bagua mirror is commonly used to disperse and neutralize the attacking negative energy or sha qi from following sources.
   
   * A lamp post, bus stop sign post, power line pole, electric transformer or a tree trunk in front of the house entrance.
   * At T- intersection where the road points at the house.
   * The sharp corners of a neighboring building, roof line edge or any structure pointing at your main door.
   * Ugly scenery
   * A cemetery, place of worship, mortuary, police station, jail opposite your home.
   * As mentioned earlier these can be used to counteract negative Qi of a spiritual nature.
   
   WHERE TO PLACE A BAGUA (PAKUA) MIRROR
   First Feng shui rule is that never hang it inside the home. This includes the apartment building hallways. Though the hallway is outside your apartment but it is inside the building. It is not a décor item.
   
   Traditionally these are placed above the main door or above a big window that is facing outside negative energies/ offending object/ poison arrow. It should be hung at the centre point. Offer some prayer to God before hanging it so that it can be charged or “opening of eye” before using it. Check the bagua mirror regularly and keep it clean. If the glass or wood is damaged, please change it. Sometime you can find metal bagua mirrors also , these are hanged in metal directions of the bagua.
   It is always advisable to consult a Feng shui expert before hanging this powerful tool.

Writer Sh.Sanjay Gupta is a renowned Feng shui and Chinese Astrology scholar and researcher. He can be contacted at email: sanjayrssons@gmail.com, mobile no. 09868812208.

Staircase Puzzle in Feng Shui

Staircase puzzle in Feng Shui

While designing a building the word “Staircase “puzzles every household, designer, consultant, and builder. A large numbers of taboos are attached with the designing and placement of staircase in a house. Staircase is the place where people go up and down. It connects the various levels of the building. Through it the ‘CHI’ moves from one level to another. The energy is constantly moving up and down in staircase. If CHI quality is weak and it moves very fast or it is blocked or unable to move to another level or it get polluted, the residents of the house can not enjoy good health and fortune. Feng shui offers very simple solution to this puzzle. Following are some guidelines for designing and placement of staircase.

Placement of staircase

· The staircase must not be in the centre of the house. It is like a knife stuck in the heart. The residents may feel stressed all the time.
· The staircase either top or bottom should not face the main door or very close to it as the chi will be pulled in and siphoned up to the next floor. Thereby creating an imbalanced rush of chi to the next floor and depriving the ground level of the much needed flow of chi (energy). Further it will pull the energy out of the main door very quickly carrying along with it the finances, energy and health of the residents.
· The staircase should not start or end in front of a toilet. It should not face a toilet door. The staircase should not face a bedroom door.
· The staircase should not face another staircase and should avoid having main staircase in living room.
· The staircases are better located on left side facing outwards i.e. the DRAGON side of the building.
· Most importantly try to locate the staircase in inauspicious sectors as per the Flying Star System of Feng Shui to press down the bad luck caused by inauspicious stars. Take proper consultation from experienced practitioner.

Designing of staircase
· DUAL staircases i.e. one form the right and one from the left of the central door or hallway not auspicious for the smaller buildings as the CHI is too quick to leave the home. If building is large like hotel etc., no problem with this design.
· The staircase should not be straight; rather they should be gently curving thus embracing the energy that comes through it.
· Avoid opening or hollow at the back of each step as it suggest leakages.
· Dilapidated stairs and unstable railing are not good.
· Avoid carpeting stairs with RED colour as it brings misfortunes.
· Avoid water under the stairs as it hurts success of the next generation of the family. Similarly avoid having temple or study table under the stairs.
· Staircase can be of metal, wood or earth elements depending upon its location. Metal is suitable in NORTH, wood is suitable for SOUTH,SOUTH-EAST and EAST, while Earth element is suitable in NORTH-EAST, SOUTH-WEST and NORTH-WEST direction.

SPIRAL STAIRCASE may be quite charming and aesthetically pleasing in your home but a BIG NO to it. These resemble Cork-screw impact. It can damage your health particularly the heart and coronary diseases. If a spiral staircase already existed in a house you moved in , this is a slightly better situation. If you construct it, it is like creating health problems for life long.

MANDARIN DUCK Stairs are that spilt and go into two different directions.One leads upstairs to the next floor while the other leads to a lower level like basement. This layout divides the CHI ,thus confusing its natural tendency to move forward. This creates disharmony among family members, employees and boss. Separation, divorces,lot of fightings are also very common in such houses.Sometimes lack of focus can also occur.

NUMBER OF STEPS:- Traditionally there are two methods of determining number of steps.

1. Three step cycle method under which step 1 and 2 are auspicious and step 3 in inauspicious. As per this method following number of steps are auspicious 1,2,4,5,7,8,10,11,13,14,16,17,19,20,22,23,25,26,28,29,31,32,34,35,37,38,40,41

2. The Four step cycle method under which step 1 and 2 are auspicious and step 3 and 4 are inauspicious. As per this method the auspicious number of steps are :
1,2,5,6,9,10,13,14,17,18,21,22,25,26,29,30,33,34,37,38,41

By combining both the methods we get following number of steps which are
auspicious:

1,2,5,10,13,14,17,22,25,26,29,34,37,38,41

Note that each step including the step at landing is counted.

The staircase should be wide and well lit all the time.

A crystal chandelier just before the start of the staircase does wonders.

Place a pair of Fu-dogs on either side of the staircase to protect against bad energy going forward.


Writer Sh.Sanjay Gupta is a famous scholar and researcher of Feng shui and Chinese Astrology. He can be contacted at email: sanjayrssons@gmail.com Ph:09868812208

DESIGNING KITCHEN “THE HEART OF THE HOME”- THE FENG SHUI WAY





Feng shui recognizes kitchen as one of the very important rooms of the house. In fact it is one of the most sacred places after the puja room in the house. It is the place where the food is cooked which nourishes us physically, financially as well as emotionally. A good cooked food is not only essential for good health but the love and emotions of the food maker makes food more energetic and creates lasting family bonds. It is the place where both fire and water is used; hence a critical balance of the two is always required. The need of a good consultant is always required when it comes to designing a kitchen.
Following principles should be kept in mind while designing a kitchen.

PREFERRED COLOURS FOR KITCHEN
Kitchen should give sunny and bright feeling and warmth of the love and affection. It is that love and affection of the mother/ wife which takes the form of food. Red and earthen tones like orange and yellow are good for kitchen. Since both water and fire is used in the kitchen a touch of wood element in green or brown balances both the conflicting energies. A touch of prosperity colour purple is welcomed. A lot of appliances used in kitchen are chrome and black, the green,purple and red bring excellent balance.

LOCATION OF KITCHENThe kitchen should be located deep inside of the house. It should not be too near to front door. It should not face the main door or the toilet door. Nor it should face the bedroom. The favourable directions for locating kitchen are South, East and Southeast. These

Designing kitchen-The Feng Shui way

DESIGNING KITCHEN “THE HEART OF THE HOME”- THE FENG SHUI WAY
Feng shui recognizes kitchen as one of the very important rooms of the house. In fact it is one of the most sacred places after the puja room in the house. It is the place where the food is cooked which nourishes us physically, financially as well as emotionally. A good cooked food is not only essential for good health but the love and emotions of the food maker makes food more energetic and creates lasting family bonds. It is the place where both fire and water is used; hence a critical balance of the two is always required. The need of a good consultant is always required when it comes to designing a kitchen.
Following principles should be kept in mind while designing a kitchen.

PREFERRED COLOURS FOR KITCHEN
Kitchen should give sunny and bright feeling and warmth of the love and affection. It is that love and affection of the mother/ wife which takes the form of food. Red and earthen tones like orange and yellow are good for kitchen. Since both water and fire is used in the kitchen a touch of wood element in green or brown balances both the conflicting energies. A touch of prosperity colour purple is welcomed. A lot of appliances used in kitchen are chrome and black, the green,purple and red bring excellent balance.

LOCATION OF KITCHEN
The kitchen should be located deep inside of the house. It should not be too near to front door. It should not face the main door or the toilet door. Nor it should face the bedroom. The favourable directions for locating kitchen are South, East and Southeast. These compass directions support the fire energy. The kitchen should not be located in north, the direction of water, nor in the South west- the direction of mother of the house, otherwise it hurts the mother. The kitchen should not be located in the center of the house. Proper advice should be taken for determining the best location depending upon one’s kua number.

NORTHWEST IS THE PROHIBITED DIRECTION FOR KITCHEN
Northwest is the forbidden direction for kitchen location. It hurts the father of the family. This condition is regarded as fire at heaven’s gate since northwest represents heaven. Daily fire here dissolves the luck of the patriarch, the earning member on daily basis. The negative effects are such that the bread earner of the family may loose job and health. Loss of wealth for him is also indicated. Overall this is a very negative position. Proper advise from a good consultant is required to mitigate the loss in unavoidable situations.

PLACEMENT OF STOVE, WATER AND FRIDGE
The stove is considered to be of great importance. It is also regarded as wealth generator. It should be put in your favorable direction and efforts should be made that the source of energy i.e. gas pipe or electric socket should be in your most auspicious location. The stove should be in very good condition. All its burners should be functioning and be used regularly. Defect in any burner is a sign of fruitless effort. To activate money luck do use stovetop at least once daily. Keep stovetop clean. When stovetop is not in use, all pots and pans should be put away. The placement of stove, fridge, sink and dishwasher is utmost important. The stove represents fire element while other three are water element, they must not be placed nearby. There should a distance of 1m to 1.5m distance between the fire and water element. The fire and water element should not be put opposite to each other. Stove should be such placed that while working on it, the back of the person cooking should not be towards the door of the kitchen otherwise people walking in unexpectedly would fright him or her. Remedy can be stalling a mirror above or besides the stove.

KEEP KITCHEN CLEAN AND CLUTTER FREE

The kitchen should be kept very neat and clean. It should be well lit and there should not be any dark corners. Proper ventilation through daily opening of windows and installing proper exhaust fans wherever required to stop buildup of smoke and fumes is required. This will not only keep the Chi ( Pran Vayu ) healthy but ensures its proper circulation. Thereby improving the quality of cooked food in the kitchen and hence health of the family. The clutter like out of date jars, unused gadgets, over full waste bins etc. should be cleared on regular basis. Hide the waste bins. Any drains and pipes should be concealed in the kitchen.

AVOID POINTED SURFACES

Pointed corners also known as poison arrows in Feng Shui like corners of work surfaces; edges of appliances, knives, corners of shelves etc. are very common in kitchen. Effort should be made to make edges round. The knives should be kept in drawers.STORAGE OF FOOD

The food items especially the staple food should not be stored in plastic or metal containers, jars or bags. These should be stored in containers of ceramics or other earthen elements. Auspicious symbols of health and wealth are welcomed on these containers. These containers should never remain less than half filled.

By following above tips one can harness most positive chi (Prank vayu ) and invite health and wealth in their homes.