What it does
Gives the correct element sequence on which element balancing, colours and artifact placement are based.
Cautions
Explanation and notes
Space (akash) came first. Air moved in space and became the air element. Air colliding with air creates friction and sparks, which is why fires start in storms, so air produced fire. Fire on cooling produces water: a metal lid or tawa held high over a wood fire soon collects dew-like drops. Water collected over ages turns into sedimentary (layered) rock through lithification, diagenesis and compaction, so water produced earth, and water also evaporates back into space, so the cycle repeats. The Shiv Puran calls the elements the five mithun. Sequence to remember: Space, Air, Fire, Water, Earth.
The five chakras from the throat downwards hold the five elements in the same order as creation: Vishuddhi holds space, Anahata air, Manipur fire, Swadhishthan water and Muladhara earth.
Both geopathic and cosmic energy exist in the form of the five elements. The universe, the body, the nine planets and every material, food, metal and artifact represent one element or another, so a building is balanced by balancing its elements.
Land (geopathic) energy, which is the earth element, carries 70 percent of the result of a building, while orientation and zoning carry 30 percent. A site with zero land energy fails however good its orientation and interiors are.
The earth element is golden yellow, square, located in the South-West and solid, heavy and dense by nature; in a house it is represented by the land energy, the plot shape and the slope. Balanced, it gives the greatest stability and success; disturbed, it brings business uncertainty and unhealthy relationships.
The South-West holds the earth element, whose nature is solid, heavy and dense, so this zone is kept solid, heavy and compact with the fewest openings. Infrared rays also arrive from the South-West at a particular time of day, another reason to keep it closed.
The taste of the earth element is sweet, so where the people of a house speak sweetly the earth element is balanced, and where people in a home, factory or business speak bitterly it is disturbed.
Ivory, a very light yellow, represents the earth element, which is why ivory floor tiles are the most preferred and generate the most energy in a house.
A plot whose North-South axis is longer than its East-West axis is good only when in proportion: one and a half times the width is best and double is the maximum.