Vastu Placement Guide: Medicines, Dustbin, Broom, Pyramid & More

Best position: West or North-West zone of the home — in a closed cabinet or drawer. Medicines are healing substances but they represent illness and its treatment — they carry a mixed energy that should be stored in the containment zones (W, NW) rather than in the active incoming energy zones (N, NE, E).

Avoid: North-East zone (sacred Water zone — illness energy in the divine zone creates a spiritual conflict and can subtly suppress the NE’s healing grace), kitchen shelves (medicines among food items creates a mixing of health and nourishment energies), and bedroom (visible medicines in the bedroom create a psychological association of illness with rest).

Rule: Store in a closed cabinet — not visible on open shelves. Keeping medicines visible reinforces the energy and awareness of illness in the home.

Best position: South or South-West zone of the home — or outside the main entrance entirely. The dustbin carries waste energy — the accumulated depleted prana of discarded material. The South and SW are the heavy boundary zones that can absorb and contain this energy without disrupting the home’s active zones.

In each room: Kitchen dustbin — South or West side of the kitchen. Study/office dustbin — South or West side. Bedroom — keep a small, always-covered bin in the SW corner if needed; avoid open waste in bedrooms entirely.

Avoid: North-East zone (pollutes sacred Water energy), North wall (blocks Kuber prosperity flow), and any dustbin kept open without a lid (emanates waste prana continuously into the zone).

Rule: All dustbins should have lids that close completely. Empty and clean the dustbin daily — accumulated waste energy is the most consistent vastu energy suppressant in modern homes.

Where to keep broom: South or South-West zone of the home — in a closet or behind a door, completely hidden from view. The broom collects and carries the negative and waste energies it sweeps from the floor. Keeping it visible radiates this collected energy into the zone.

Specific rules for broom as per vastu:

• Always store broom with bristles up (not on the floor) — bristles-down storage is considered inauspicious as it “sweeps away” the home’s good fortune continuously.
• Never place a broom across a doorway or threshold — this is considered to sweep incoming positive energy back outside.
• Do not use a broom after sunset if possible — classical texts suggest evening sweeping disturbs the settling energy of the home after the day’s activity has peaked.
• Replace worn brooms promptly — a damaged broom scatters rather than collects energy.

Avoid: NE zone (sacred), main entrance area (sweeps away incoming energy), and visible placement in the kitchen or living room.

Best position: Vastu pyramids are correction tools, not decorative objects. They are placed at specific defect locations, not in a generic “auspicious zone.” The most common placements are: (1) Brahmasthan (centre of home) — a single large copper pyramid at the geometric centre activates the Space element and amplifies all other zone corrections. (2) Under the main entrance door mat (flat pyramid grid) — general energy correction at the threshold. (3) At the base of a structural pillar in the Brahmasthan — corrects the Space element defect of a central pillar. (4) In the NE zone if there is a toilet or kitchen there — the pyramid’s energy correction counteracts the elemental conflict.

How to use: Copper pyramids are the most effective material. Place with the pyramid apex pointing up. No activation ritual required (unlike yantras) — the geometric form itself creates the energy correction field. Clean with dry cloth monthly.

9-pyramid grid: For severe defects (toilet in NE), use a 9-pyramid grid (9 small pyramids in a 3×3 arrangement) at the defect location rather than a single large pyramid.

Best position: A glass of water with a fresh lemon (or just lemon slices) is placed in the North or North-East zone of the home. The combination of Water element (the glass of water) and the lemon’s purifying acidic energy creates a simple but effective zone cleanser for the North (prosperity zone) and NE (divine grace zone).

Purpose: The lemon-in-water remedy is used as a daily freshness and energy-clearing tool. It is one of the simplest traditional Indian household vastu practices — the lemon absorbs negative energy from the zone and the water amplifies the zone’s positive energy. Change daily or every 2 days — when the lemon becomes old, soft, or discoloured, it has absorbed the negative energy it was placed to correct; dispose and replace.

For negative energy clearing: Some practitioners place lemon-in-water near the entrance (on the entrance table or shelf, North side) to absorb negative energy brought in by visitors. Change more frequently in this position.

Best position: North or East zone of the living room — in a tall vase, framed on the wall, or displayed in a prominent position at eye level. Peacock feathers are one of the most powerful traditional Indian vastu remedies — the peacock is associated with Lord Kartikeya (deity of war and victory), Lord Krishna (divine playfulness and abundance), and is considered a symbol of beauty, fame, and protection from negative energy.

Specific vastu effects: Peacock feathers in the North zone activate fame and recognition energy (career advancement). In the East zone, they activate vitality and authority. Near the entrance, they protect the threshold from negative energy entering with visitors.

Rules: The feathers must be clean, intact, and displayed with the eye of the feather (the iridescent spot) visible and facing outward. Broken, dirty, or stored-away peacock feathers are considered inauspicious. Replace if any feather is damaged. Never place in the bedroom — the active yang energy of peacock feathers conflicts with the yin rest requirement of the bedroom.