Vastu Remedies, Corrections, and Remedial Measures
What this domain tests
This domain tests whether you can identify a dosha, rank its severity, and choose a correction that fits the zone and element. The exam expects traditional upaya, not unsupported claims.
Core rules and concepts
- First identify the zone, the affected element, and whether the defect is structural or functional. A missing corner, a toilet in the northeast, or a kitchen in the northeast is more serious than a wrong paint colour.
- Structural corrections come first: relocate the activity, close an opening, add a partition, or extend the plot. Non-structural remedies include colour correction, mirrors, yantras, pyramids, metal strips, crystals, salt bowls, plants, and changes of furniture.
- Balance by element: do not add fire to a fire defect, and do not add water to a water defect. A northeast defect is usually treated with lightness, cleanliness, white or light colours, and water or plant elements; a southwest defect with heaviness, earth, and stability.
- Traditional remedies are symbolic and are applied after the function is corrected where possible.
Worked example
A house has a cut in the northeast. The first remedy is to extend or close the cut structurally. If that is not possible, keep the northeast open, clean, and light, avoid a toilet or heavy storage there, and place a water bowl or a green plant. Do not place a fire source or a dark heavy object in that zone. The reasoning is that the northeast is Ishana and the water element; the correction restores lightness and openness.
Traps that cost marks
Do not claim that a yantra cancels a severe structural dosha. Do not put a fire remedy in the northeast. Do not prescribe remedies without naming the zone and element. Do not confuse a mirror remedy with a structural correction.