Vastu Tips for Staircase

Important Vastu Tips for Staircase

While constructing our homes we make judicial application of the principles of Vaastu Shastra to the; location of the house, its direction, living room, kitchen and bedrooms, however, sometimes we miss out on one of the most significant parts, the "staircase". According to Vaastu Shastra, staircase acts as an epicenter for the house giving rise to strong energy zones, attracting and guiding positivity, prosperity, health, wealth and contains the power to turn your destiny upside down. Where a perfectly well constructed staircase as per Vaastu can work wonders, a bad staircase can do the extreme opposite. Therefore, Vaastu Shastra exerts great deal of prominence on the location, direction, measurements, placement, color, spacing and visibility of the staircase and gives certain guidelines for constructing them as per the rules laid down by the transformative system of Indian Architecture which works upon maintenance of the five elements of air, space, water, fire and the earth magnetically pulling towards you and your family the utmost benefits in the form of healthy well-being, prosperity, growth, success and harmonious relationships coupled with a respectable standing in the society. Show conviction in Vaastu Shastra and experience success double by the day, quadruple by the night.

Steps to a quintessential staircase

Vaastu Shastra recommends the use of the following parameters for the construction of a flawless staircase:

Placement and Installation:

• According to Vaastu Shastra, the square and rectangular staircase, bending at the right angle are best for internal or external affairs.
• The stairs should turn up clockwise.
• The face of climbing stairs should be in either south or west direction.
• Stairs can be built in the north-west to south-west zone and south-west to southeast zone. The ideal direction for construction of stairs in the house is south-west, south and west are the next best options.
• There must be no rising stairs in front of the main door.

Number of Steps in a staircase

• The appropriate number of steps for the staircase is equal to the number of stairs divided by 3 and the remainder should be 2. For ex. 5, 11, 17, 23, etc
• The number of steps for a rising staircase should not end with a 0. For ex. 10, 20, 30, etc.

Steer Clear of

• Do not build a worship room under the stairs.
• Do not put pictures of God under the stairs.
• Avoid the construction of the kitchen under the stairs
• Avoid the construction of a washroom under the stairs.
• Do not place a bed under the stairs.
• Avoid putting a locker under the staircase.
• Avoid placing a workstation under the stairs.
• Do not build stairs in the center (Brahmasthan) of the house.
• The staircase must not be in the anti-clockwise direction as it has an impact on career, and physical/mental health of family members, especially women.
• Stairs must not be constructed in the north-east corners of the house whether they are indoor or outdoor.

Ravindra Dadheech
Co-founder, Vastu Art
www.vastuart.com