Tilted plots
Few plots face true north; a plot turned by a large angle is read by its corners, not its sides.
- 6-minute lesson
- Basic course: Vastu Shishya
- Vastu Shastra
- Small and large tilts
- Reading a corner plot
A first look at the lesson
A plot turned a little from the true directions (up to about 15°) is read as if it faced the nearer direction. A plot turned by about 45° faces a corner (vidisha): its sides face NE, SE, SW and NW, and each corner holds a main direction.
On a plot that faces a corner, the zones are laid by the true directions, not by the walls. Measure, draw the true north line on the plan, then place the nine zones over it.
More lessons on this subject
- Disha: eight directions and their guardiansVastu begins with direction: eight dikpalas guard eight directions, each with its graha; Brahma holds the centre.
- Pancha Bhuta: the five elements in a plotEarth, water, fire, air and space each have a zone; the rooms that use them belong there.
- When elements clashWater in the fire zone or fire in the water zone is the classic clash; most can be eased without building.
- The Vastu Purusha MandalaEvery plot is a grid of padas over the Vastu Purusha, head in the north-east, with Brahma at the centre.
Your first lesson takes about five minutes
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