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5 reasons why paintings and pictures should be selected with care since they have a strong influence on the vaastu of your house

Much of what we know today about ancient culture has been learned from ancient artwork. Philosophy and symbolism play a huge role in every culture. Every object in the house has its own energy and a strong influence on the people staying there. During Vaastu consultations, I have seen many houses that have paintings, which do not evoke positive feelings.

Many paintings connect you to your personal life and culture. Decorating a home with paintings and pictures is one of the best ways to brings life-supporting energies influencing finance, education, relationship, health, children as well as reputation.

Artwork adds an extra spark of elegance to your house while providing the vibrant energy you need to have a great day. Although painting preferences may vary from family to family, there are still some basic rules to be kept in mind while choosing one. Here are a few easy to follow suggestions, which will add to the harmony of your abode.

1 The northern sector of your house corresponds to money and finance. Ideally, paintings of a flowing river, waterfall or a fish in the north will help to channelize positive energy towards business and career. Feng shui experts advise golden fish, which is a strong symbol of prosperity, to improve the career as well as money luck. If you are not comfortable with a water picture, you can use the image of an endless road or path at north, which symbolizes more opportunities ahead.

2 According to Vaastu, northwest zone is dominated by wind element. This sector can be enhanced by paintings reflecting a wind element. Running bikes, racing cars, flying birds etc. can be effectively included as the theme. Those who are looking for an overseas job can use such paintings along with an image of the desired destination to improve career luck. People looking for overseas business can use pictures of foreign currencies or images of foreign destinations to improve travel luck.

3 Morning sun projecting ultra-violet rays is essential for health. It is the main source of vitamin D. Painting of rising sun can be displayed in the premises, which does not have access to morning sun rays. Avoid paintings of a sun with mountain, as a mountain at east is never recommended in eastern sector in Vaastu Shastra. Painting of green bamboo plant at the east wall is another ideal image, which is also recommended in feng shui practice. The bamboo plant stays evergreen in all four seasons, indicating your health to remain good throughout the year.

4 Fire, together with water, earth, wind, and space is one of the five known basic elements, which represent the substance of the world. According to Vastu Shastra, premises having missing fire element at southeast corner suffer from poor health and slow money turnover. Painting of beautiful candles symbolically serves you as an alternate source to fire element.

5 There are several ways to improve the relationship energy in your bedroom. Painting of hearts, birds, flowers, etc. in pairs, photographs of romantic holidays, happy couple photographs are highly recommended in the bedroom of a couple. Paintings in the children room, guest room, youngsters, etc should be placed with advice from a Vaastu expert.

Bottom line

Select a picture which inspires you. The artwork should invoke instant vibrant but comfortable energy once you look at the picture. Images can be used to shift, improve, correct and balance the energy in your personal and business environment.

This article written by Nitien Parmar published in DNA property on 05/07/2014

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