Toilet Vastu: best and worst directions
Where should the toilet be?
- Ideal
- North-West
- Good
- West
- Okay
- South
- Avoid
- North, North-East, East, South-East and South-West
- Ideal
- Good
- Okay
- Avoid
Where is yours?
All eight directions, with the verdict for each. Choose yours.
How to check yours
- 1
Stand at the centre of your home.
- 2
Hold the phone flat, top edge pointing at the toilet.
- 3
That direction is where the toilet sits.
Standing inside the toilet instead? Point the phone at the centre of the home: the toilet is in the opposite direction.
Any phone compass will do. Hold it flat and away from steel, speakers and wiring, which pull the needle. The AstroGlimps app reads it for you and warns when something nearby interferes.
How to check yours
- 1
Stand at the centre of your home.
- 2
Hold the phone flat, top edge pointing at the toilet.
- 3
That direction is where the toilet sits.
Standing inside the toilet instead? Point the phone at the centre of the home: the toilet is in the opposite direction.
Any phone compass will do. Hold it flat and away from steel, speakers and wiring, which pull the needle. The AstroGlimps app reads it for you and warns when something nearby interferes.
Remedies for each direction that is not ideal
- Keep the cistern and drains in good repair. Leaks in the wealth corner are considered to worsen this placement significantly
- Place a bowl of sea salt inside the room. Salt is traditionally used to absorb the heaviness a toilet brings to this zone
- Relocate the toilet if any structural change is possible. No remedy fully corrects drainage in the north-east; relocation is the real fix
- Keep the room scrupulously clean, dry, and closed. Where relocation is impossible, containment and cleanliness limit the damage
- Keep the toilet door closed and the room bright. Light and containment reduce the disruption to an otherwise auspicious direction
- Avoid storing anything of value in this room. Keeping the space purely functional limits its influence on the rest of the home
- Keep the toilet door shut at all times. A closed door is the simplest containment for an elementally conflicted placement
- Add a strong exhaust and keep the space dry. Ventilation and dryness limit the effect of drainage in the fire zone
- Keep an exhaust fan running. Active ventilation prevents stagnant energy collecting in a warmer direction
- Keep the door closed and the floor dry. Containment limits how far this placement affects the rest of the home
- Consider relocating it during any renovation. Moving drainage out of the south-west is the lasting correction for this placement
Questions people ask
Where should the toilet be?
Ideal: North-West. Good: West. Okay: South. Avoid: North, North-East, East, South-East and South-West.
What if the toilet is in the North?
Drainage in the wealth corner is held to carry away financial stability If it can be changed, North-West is better. If it cannot, the traditional remedies are: Keep the cistern and drains in good repair; Place a bowl of sea salt inside the room.
What if the toilet is in the North-East?
A toilet in the sacred Ishan corner is the single most inauspicious placement in Vastu If it can be changed, North-West is better. If it cannot, the traditional remedies are: Relocate the toilet if any structural change is possible; Keep the room scrupulously clean, dry, and closed.
How do I check the direction of the toilet?
Stand at the centre of your home. Hold the phone flat, top edge pointing at the toilet. That direction is where the toilet sits. Standing inside the toilet instead? Point the phone at the centre of the home: the toilet is in the opposite direction.
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