Incorporating plants into the house, it’s important to consider Vaastu and Plants principles of maintaining harmony and positive energy in the House. Indoor plants are integral part of Vastu-shastra practice.
Plants are good for any living area, as they bring life and beauty to it. Vaastu marks some plants are bad. The reason is their throwing out peace from the space attribute.
Let’s look some of the bad plants which should never keep in the house – includes – Throne species including Cactus, Dead plants as these plants disturbs the peace of the House.
What Vaastu Shastra says about plants?
Vastu Shastra highlights the importance of plants in our lives. This not only for their value or ability to emit the oxygen but also for the energy they add in-to the house. Plants are living objects and creates their own energy fields. This energy will combine with the house’s energy to affect the health, wealth, and well-being of the people living there.
As per Vaastu the Plant energy may be Positive or Negative.
- People trust that negative plants bring adversity and conflict.
- People think that positive plants bring wealth, happiness, and peace.
How Plants Affect the Energy of the House?
The Life force and Chancellorship of any plant affect in either way on the House energy. According to Vaastu, plants contain different quantities of energy and unique elemental characters that can either increase or clash with the energies of that particular area.
For example: healthy, growing plants attract wealth and happiness, whereas dead plants emit bad energy. Some plants according to Vaastu are negative because of their natural qualities. Plants even after well cared of – are can bring in Bad luck to the inmates.
Vaastu says Plants placed in the wrong direction may disturb the natural energy flow and create problems.
Plants Not Good as Per Vaastu in the House
1. Babul Plant (Acacia Arabica)
According to Vaastu Shastra, grow the Babul (or Babool) plant outside the house. Grown in indoor it will badly affect on relationships of the inmates. Babul, with its thorny branches, is bad in the Vastu Shastra, and general thought is presence of thorns inside house can produce negative energy and prevents free in-flow of positive energy.
2. Banyan Tree (Ficus benghalensis)
Hindu consider this plant as a ethical, but never grow in inside or near the house.
It’s Vaastu or not, the Banyan tree has deep roots with long life. Growing them in a tub or on a roof would not last long, their roots would collapse the building. Added fact is that one should never sleep under this tree. The science and logic is, this Banyan tree releases Carbon Dioxide (CO2) at night. Everyone knows it will lower the Oxygen levels. However, one can keep this tree in “bonsai” form if they want.
3. Cactus
Avoid the thorny plants like Cactus inside the house or in the House yard. These plant contains elusive energy in them. If placed inside the House it paves the way to harshness, disagreements and fear from enemies. Vaastu – Shastra allows a few sensitive plants in the house, the Rose is among them.
4. Caladium
Caladium plant popular as “Elephant Ear” is famous for their colorful leaves pattern.
However, according to Vaastu, their messy energy and bright colors can cause discomfort. It’s best to avoid bring in caladiums plants indoor.
5. Cotton Plants (Gossypium spp.)
Vaastu considers cotton plants are inauspicious inside the house. Though its a raw material and important in Textile production. The logic is its thorny pods and sharp nature brings in evil energy into the house. Cotton plants may hinder Vastu’s goal of energy balancing and happy situation. So, avoid this plant indoor or for decorative purpose.
6. Dead or dying plants
Vastu endorses positive energy in a living space, and dead or dying plants releases negative energy that might affect the well-being of people those living there.
Decaying or motion less plants let-outs the Aliveness and Good energy from that space. So, Vastu recommends replace these plants immediately with healthy and those receives more positive energy.
7. Dieffenbachia
Vastu has a bad link with the Uninformed Cane plant. Its name itself suggests a lack of communication; this will disturb the good discussions within the home. Uninformed Cane’s energy might limits the good conversation and causes confusions and fights.
8. English Ivy (Hedera helix)
The English ivy, a famous climbing plant, is not recommend the as per Vaastu indoor. It is so beautiful but Vastu says it brings negative energy and creates conflicts, dishonesty in the house. Possibly it’s a deadly plant. It is poisonous plant, if eaten by mistake the living hood may die.
9. Lilies
Lilies are bad in Vaastu due to their energy. These plants send an energy which causes a sense of Sadness and an Anxious atmosphere. According to scientific research, this is a most toxic plant, and pets are sensitive to their effects. Every factor of the lily plant, from leaves to flower, may be dangerous to a pet.
10. Mehndi plants (Lawsonia inermis)
Mehndi OR Henna, is a plant which have a cultural and has traditional importance. Its active qualities are Bad according to Vaastu – Shastra. This Plant emits bad energy and works as a disruptive agent.
It may cruel that energy from Henna may cause trouble and war.
