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Relax and walk on the land. Close your eyes and do some
deep breathing. Gradually begin to feel the rays and
vibrations which that land would be emitting. If you
feel good and happy it means the land has positive
energy. Call it the first test. It is now necessary to
further check the energy of the land. Vastu prescribes
several traditional methods which are in practice even
now and yield correct results.

Method 1: The Water Test

Dig a pit of size 45 cm wide x 45 cm
long x 45 cm deep (18" x 18" x 18") and
fill it with water. Wait for 3 minutes and observe the
water. If the ground soaks the water and leaves it 15 cm
or less, then the land is of low grade and should not be
considered. If the remaining water is up to 30 cm deep,
then it is of a medium grade. One may consider buying it
if no other choice is available. If the water is
marginally absorbed by the soil then it is of a high
grade and should be considered for purchase.

A clockwise movement of water in the
pit indicates a positive movement of energy in the land.
If the water is not much absorbed by the soil and also
moves clockwise, such a plot should be purchased even at
a higher cost.

If the water moves anticlockwise, the
land has negative movement of energy and the inhabitants
will suffer losses, failures, accidents, or even
premature death. Such a plot should be avoided.

Method 2: Seed Germination Test

Basil seeds are spread on the ground,
watered and allowed to germinate. Basil is an auspicious
plant and can grow only on land with positive energy. If
these seeds germinate, then the land has positive
energy, If they do not germinate, then the land should
be avoided.

The surroundings

The land should be away
from a graveyard, mausoleum, cremation ground, or any
site of last human rites.

Avoid a land which is
opposite or next to a hospital or a nursing home.

A plot adjacent or
opposite to a religious institution like a church, a
temple or a mosque is considered unsuitable for any
residential, institutional or commercial purpose.

A small plot which has
two large plots on either side, seems compressed between
them should be avoided. Such a plot will attract
miseries and misfortunes.

The plot should not be
near a garbage dump or a waste disposal site.

A plot which is next to a
hospital, or faces a hospital is influenced by the
diseased energy of the hospital.

Directions of the plot

Ideally the plot should face the
cardinal directions (E-W or N-S). A twist upto 12
degrees is permitted. A diagonal plot (whose corners
meet at E-W or N-S the plot) should be rejected. Such a
plot invites confusion and miseries to the owner and his
family.

Perforations
or Pores

In VAASTU
Shastra, perforation or pore means obstacle that arises
due to faulty construction. These obstacles should not
be mistaken with physical obstacles. These are purely
metaphysical in nature, but have far reaching
consequences on the occupants of the house. A house,
thus built investing earnings of whole life may appear
attractive from outside, but its occupants have no peace
of mind. A few of such obstacles (perforations) are
discussed here:

1)
Obstacle due to Door: This blocks free
movement of air and the Sun. Because of it, occupants
fail to fully harness the goodness of the Sun and fresh
air.

2)
Obstacle due to Orientation: Orientation of
the house must not be fixed arbitrarily in any of the
four directions - east, west, north and south. If a
house is built with its orientation in any arbitrary
direction, it may lead to loss of wealth and clan. If
you have slightest doubt regarding auspiciousness of any
direction, do not extend your house in that direction.

Even when you
are planning to get your old house demolished and builds
a new one in its place, do not violate the orientation
and directions of the old house, or you will suffer
obstacles due to faulty orientation.

3)
Obstacle due to Angle/Corner: All the four
corners of a house must have exact right angles. If any
of these corners is less than or more than the right
angle, such situation causes obstacles due to faulty
angles or corners.

If a corner of a house falls exactly in front of the
gate of another house, this also causes obstacle due to
corners. If a house has three, five or more corners, it
also suffers from obstacles due to faulty corners.
Occupants of a house with faulty corners face untimely
death, extra-ordinary diseases and extermination of
clan.

What can you
do to correct obstacles?

• Don't make a
  door at the centre of the house or at any joint.
  
  
  
• If the house
  doesn't have more storeys, don't give a backdoor.
  
  
  
• There should
  not be highway crossing, well, pond, gutter, corner
  of another house, big tree, pole peg, garage etc. in
  front of the main gate. These are not good from the
  security's point of view.
  
  
  
  
• There should
  not be standing water or mud in front of the main
  gate. Such things cause obstacle to free passage and
  weaken the foundation.
  
  
  
• Obstacles
  due to peg: There should not a peg right in
  front of the gate to tether cow, goat or any other
  animal.
  
  
  
• Creaking
  sound: Creaking sound that is generated by the
  movement of the doors, is also a bad omen.
  
  
  
  
• Obstacle
  due to well: A well, man hole and water tank
  situated in front of the main gate or the house
  casting its shadow on it, is also an obstacle.
  
  
  
• There should
  not be an oil expeller or gutter right in front of
  the main gate. Such thing indicates grave calamity.
  
  
  
• Doors of the
  house should not vary in height, for then they cause
  serious obstacles.
  
  
  
  
• Ladder or
  staircase right facing the main gate is also an
  obstacle.
  
  

N.B.: It
should be noted here if the obstacle is situated at a
distance double than the height of the house, its faults
are removed. If there is a wall between the obstacle and
the courtyard, the obstacle has no effect. Similarly if
a through fare crosses between the house and the
obstacle, the latter is rendered ineffective.

• Obstacle
  due to Pillar: If there is a single
  column or pillar common between the two adjoining
  rooms, it causes enemity among the occupants. Each
  room must have its separate column. Also there
  should not be a column facing a door.
  
  
  
• Obstacles
  due to learing: Such houses as attract
  learing gazes from the passers-by appear deserted
  with eerie atmosphere are said to have obstacles due
  to lear and sneers.
  
  
  
• Obstacle
  due to hole: No space, even the size of a
  needle's eye, must be left open at the backside of
  the house. There should be no hole on the back wall
  also. Such openings facilitate the entry of ghosts
  and demonic forces and pose danger of theft.
  
  
  
  
• Obstacles
  due to portraits: Never adorn the walls
  of your living or any other room with portraits of
  tiger, lion, dog, panther, leopard, crow, owl,
  vulture, falcon or spooks, demons and war scenes for
  these cause serious obstacles.
  
  
  
• Obstacles
  due to sculptures: Sculptures of above
  mentioned creatures also produce similar obstacles.


• If both the
  storeys of a house are exactly the same in height,
  the situation causes obstacles. Such situation
  causes disintegration of the family. Hence, the
  upper storey must be kept about 1/12th part shorter
  in height than the lower one.
  
  
  

Obstacles
due to Trees

If there is a
big tree right in front of the main gate, the situation
causes serious obstacles. The older the tree, serious
are the threats. Such trees, if fall ever by chance,
will cause great harm to the house. Such a tree also
weakens the foundation and there are dangers to be
struck by lightning during thunderstorm.

Falling of
shadow of a tree on a house, building, factory, etc. for
more than a quarter of the day is also inauspicious.
Such situation causes demonic virtues and serious
diseases.

Presence of
fruiting or thorny trees in the vicinity of house is
also inauspicious. Thorny trees cause pains, while fruit
trees pose danger of theft.

Planting of
banana, lavender, Champak (laurel), Ashok etc. at the
main gate or along the boundary-wall is auspicious.

As per the
scriptures, planting of Banyan in the eastern side of
the house, sycamore in the southern side, Peepal in the
western side and Pakur in the northern side, is
considered as auspicious provided that the house is
facing east.

Planting of
basil sapling in the courtyard is extremely auspicious
and important religiously.

Obstacles
due to Flag

If the shadow
of a temple's flag falls on the house, the situation
causes many obstacles. Because of casting of shadow of
the temple's flag on the house or vicinity of the house
to a temple, the house comes under the domain of the
ruling deity of the temple. Many things like toilet,
bathroom, mensus in women, mating, childbirth etc. are
common in households, but forbidden in the domain of the
temple, and the occupants have to bear huge losses as a
result. Ideally a house must be situated at least one
hundred feet away from a temple. Similarly, a house must
be situated away from the shadow of the hills and the
trees. But these last two conditions do not apply to the
houses in mountainous region.

Obstacles
due to Location

Obstacles due
to location arise if there is a home of washers, hearth
of a blacksmith, flour-mill or home of a childless
couple just in front of the house. If there is a
cremation site or parking place for the hearse carriers
near the house, it faces grave obstacles due to
location.

Obstacles
due to Path

It is also an
inauspicious sign if a house, factory or industry is
flanked by a pond on one side and by garbage
incineration site on the other. If such a building is
situated at the junction of three paths, it is also
considered inauspicious.

If a hill, huge
stone or other unwanted hurdles face the main gate, the
owner of the house experiences great obstacles at every
step of his life.

If the two
houses have a common entrance, their occupants
experience serious miseries.

Presence of a
pond, particularly triangular in shape, just in front of
the main gate indicates bad omen.

If the boundary
wall of a factory or shop is higher than the main
building, the situation poses serious obstacles to the
business. Owner of such premises is unable to raise
capital beyond a certain limit.

Presence of
ruins in front of a house, factory or industry is not an
auspicious sign. Sighting of such ruins daily leads the
person to fall ultimately forcing closure of his running
business.

Spearing roads

Roads, streets and lanes are also
channels of strong energy currents which can hit a
house. A plot at the end of a dead-end lane is hit by
this spearing energy with devastating pranic effects to
harm the positive energy of the plot. Such roads or
streets are called Vedh.

Expert call them spearing roads. Not all
spearing roads are bad. There are several types of
Spears of which 4 are good. If a plot has streets
coming from either of these directions ( ENE, NNE, WNW
and SSE), it is good. A
plot with all other spearing roads should be avoided.

Dead End streets

A plot at the end of a
dead-end road keeps on accumulating the highly negative
energy which shoots down the lane all the time. This
accumulated manifests into chronic illness or untimely
death of its occupants and the owner.

Remedial measures and
cures should be applied immediately to such plots.

Plot Shape

An ideal plot is a square
plot with all corners at 90 degrees.

For a rectangular plot
its length: width ratio should not exceed 1:2.

A N-S long rectangular
plot is preferred to an E-W long plot as it receives
more sunlight.

Round, semi-circular
plots, triangular plots, rhomboid plots, plots of other
odd shapes should be rejected.

If a plot has an extended
NE corner it is considered lucky.

High Pressure Plot

If a plot is wider at the front and narrower at the
rear, then it accumulates energy. Such a plot is unfit
for building a house. However, it may be used for a
factory, warehouse, transport shed, railroad station,
bus stand, police station or other functional buildings
which may have a high level of activity. However, it is
advisable to consult a Vastu expert about such a plot
before taking a final decision.

Low Pressure Plot

If a plot is narrow in the front and wider at the back,
then it is a low pressure plot. Such a plot is very
suitable for building a residence, home for elders,
hospital, school, meditation center etc. But here too,
it is advisable to consult a Vastu expert about such a
plot before taking a final decision.

Testing of
land from the surface

From the
appearance of the surface land is divided into four
categories:

1) Elephant's
back, 2) Turtle's back, 3) Demon's back and 4) Serpent's
back.

1)
Elephant's Back: The land which is somewhat
elevated in the south, south-west, west or north-west
directions is known as elephant's back. Goddess of
wealth, Lakshmi is said to inhabit such land. The
occupants, naturally, grow rich and enjoy long life on
such a land.

2)
Turtle's Back: The land, which is elevated in
the middle and shallow all around, is known as Turtle's
back. Inhabitation on such land leads to greater
enthusiasm, luxuries and accumulation of wealth for the
occupants.

3)
Demon's Back: The land which is elevated in
north-east, east and south-west directions is known as
Demon's back. Inhabitation on such a land leads to loss
of wealth and children.

4)
Serpent's Back: The land, which is elongated
in east-west directions and elevated in north and south
directions is known as Serpent's back. Inhabitants on
such land meet untimely death. They also lose their
wives, sons etc. and have lot of enemies.

Plot Topography

Important Guidelines

1. Plot as per vastu should be square
of rectangular in shape. Square would be best. If it is
rectangle then the ratio of length to breadth should
be1:2 and not more than that.

2. The ground level
should be higher in South & West rather than North
and East.

3. Plots facing North
or East are better than those facing South or West.

4. A canal, a lake,
river, nallah, a big well or pond should be in north or
east only.

5. Heavy construction
or mountains should be in west or south of the plot.

6. There should not be
any big tree in north or east of the plot.

7. There should not be
any pit or well in south or west direction.

8. All four corners
should be at 90⁰ (set Square). If only north
east is extended i.e. if it is less than90⁰,
it will do.

9. All rain water
should flow from south to north and west to east.

10. South west should
be highest & north east should be lowest in level.

11. If all the corners
are not at 90⁰ then we should correct it
before starting the construction.

12. If the dead end of
a road is coming in our plot then it should be taken
care of because some are good & some are bad. This
is called vidhee soola.

13. Their should not
be any hills or mountains in east or north side of your
plot as per vaastu rules.

14. At the time of
purchasing the adjacent plot purchase only in east,
north or north-east plots. Never purchase adjacent plot
in south or west or accept if even if offered for free.

To conclude, an ideal plot has the
following features:



 The soil smells good.

 It retains water.


 The water moves clockwise.

 Has a high-rise building or a hill to its South or
West.

 Has a water body or a river in NE.

 If it is a river, then the ideal flow is from
South to North.

 Should make one feel happy and light when one
walks over it.

 Has a depressed North, NE and East and a raised
SW, S, W.

A plot with the following
characteristics should be avoided:

 The soil stinks of decomposed
organic matter.

 Is sand witched between two tall buildings or two
large plots.

 Has hills or high-rise structures in North, East,
or North-East.

 Is near a burial ground or a crematorium.

 Is next to a place of worship.


 Has big trees in North, East, or North-East.

 Is near a pollution emitting industrial unit.

 IS below a high tension cable.

 Is close to an effluent treatment plant or a dirty
water pond.

 Has a raised East, North-East and North and a
depressed West, SW, and South, SE