Also known asmirrorshisha
Varun and Pushpadant in the West fulfil the wishes of the mind. Keep your written application or wish in the West with a special swastik, a mirror, a pyramid, navratna and five-element symbols, and place it at the three sandhya times.
Mirror (darpan)
West zone, the Varun and Pushpadant pads
In older vastu practice mirrors were the main tool of dosh nivaran: a mirror can make a cut area look larger or an oversized extension look smaller.
Concave or convex mirror, as the case requires
At the cut or extended portion of the plot or room
For a North-East cut, for example with an exalted Ketu whose diagonal points to the North-East, a kalash is installed in the North-East with mirrors fixed all around it.
Mirrors to cover the kalash all around
North-East
In a dressing room or bathroom mirrors should go on the North or East walls. If a wash basin is already in the South and its mirror must be there, fix a mirror of the same size on the North wall to balance it.
Second mirror of the same size as the South mirror
North wall opposite the South mirror
As taught in class, a convex mirror makes a small space look bigger and extends it, while a concave mirror makes a big space look smaller; so a convex mirror treats a cut and a concave mirror treats an extension. A plain mirror can also extend a cut.
Convex mirror (for a cut)
North or East wall of the cut part; inside of the wall to extend, outer side to reduce
A mirror placed for income (aay) increases income: people keep a small mirror in the wallet or fix mirrors inside the galla or tijori so the money appears multiplied.
Small mirror pieces to fit the inner walls of the cash box
Inside the cash box, galla or tijori; in the wallet or pocket
N4, E3 and W4 are the Mahalakshmi doors through which Lakshmi enters; a house with all three open sees a heavy flow of money and many sources of income.
Mirror
N4 (Bhallat), E3 and W4 (Pushpdant) on the outer walls
Mark Om and swastik on the main door, write the name of your isht (chosen deity) and add auspicious symbols such as kalash and darpan. Do it in a good muhurta such as Basant Panchami or after the Sun turns Uttarayan.
Darpan (mirror) symbol
Main door
A mirror false ceiling at the centre point of the Brahmasthan makes the space open to the sky and balances the space element when a real open-to-sky courtyard cannot be built.
Mirror glass ceiling panel, or a chandelier with a mirror base
Centre point of the Brahmasthan
After Om and swastik the kalash is the greatest symbol and is established before every beginning (wedding, business start, construction, any of the 16 sanskar). A filled mangal kalash with a coconut in the North-East of every home, factory and office forms Gajkesari yoga and balances the five elements.
Small mirror
North-East of every home, factory and office; a clay kalash can go in any direction
A mirror on the ceiling of the Brahmasthan is very good because it makes the ceiling open to the sky; this is why old chandeliers (jhoomar) had mirror bases.
Mirror for the ceiling, or a chandelier with a mirror base
Ceiling of the Brahmasthan
Certain mangalik (auspicious) sights on the way to a property show that the plot or flat is very auspicious and will keep filling life with happiness.
Use one whole glass mirror rather than small pieces, keep every mirror at least two feet above the floor, and never use plastic mirror film in place of a mirror.
Glass mirror (darpan), one whole piece
North wall at an entrance, and any wall of the house or temple
Every trade belongs to a planet; using that planet's colour, shape, artefacts, paintings, metals, mirrors and glass at the business multiplies its energy, while a clashing colour can shut it down.
Shops, offices, factories and petrol pumps
The water element is shown by a silver or white half moon, its colour is white, its zone runs from North to North-East and its metal is silver; water bodies and mirrors represent it.
Mirror (darpan)
North to North-East; avoid the opposite South-East
SE is pure Agneya: from 9 am to 12 noon the young Sun's fire is strong enough to cook food, so this is the ideal kitchen zone and the zone of cash flow. Water, mirrors and money storage go wrong here.
South-East zone of the house
Keep heavy furniture and cupboards in the South, West or SW of the bedroom, and avoid sleeping under beams or tanks, near electronics, facing mirrors or over clutter.
Bedroom
Only about 55 percent of the Sun's energy reaches the earth. Of that, trees and plants capture about 95 percent, mirrors 80, pyramids 65, water 60, yantras 60 to 90, metals 45 and stones 35, while plastic and petroleum by-products capture none.
Mirror: about 80 percent
Room decoration in general; plants are chosen by planet and direction
Rules to avoid in kitchen design: no south-facing door, no doorless or open kitchen, no central platform, no mirrors or water artifacts, no toilet on any of its six sides and no well, borewell or tank above or below.
Kitchen
A toilet should be lined with glazed ceramic tiles, well ventilated, kept in white or grey, and should have no mirror facing the seat.
Every toilet and bathroom
The mirror is one of the eight mangal items (ashtamangal) and is considered the best of them; it drives away negative energy and reflects energy when placed in the right direction. It represents the water element and the Moon, so it belongs on the North or East wall.
Mirror, square or rectangular
North or East wall; North-West acceptable
Square and rectangular mirrors are very good, but triangular and pointed-end mirrors are harmful, and mirrors cut into small pieces for scenery or glass temples (kaanch mandir) turn an auspicious item into an inauspicious one.
Whole house and interiors
A mirror deepens the surface it is on: on a wall it makes the space look extended, on the floor it creates a pit. Highly reflective tiles, marble or stone must not be used in the South to West zones or the Brahmasthan.
Avoid in South, SSW, SW, WSW, West and Brahmasthan flooring
Paintings split into joined pieces, dry or cut trees, cut photos, mirrors touching the floor, swastik or Om on the floor, crying women, screaming animals, scenes of anger, crime or the Mahabharata, and God without feet should not be kept at home.
Whole house
No, there are many options. Virtual doors and the other ways of opening an entry are taught in the door remedy classes.
Use one whole mirror on the North wall. Do not join small pieces of mirror for a design; that turns mangal (auspicious) into amangal.
Yes, whether the mirror is in the house, the temple or anywhere else.
No. The darpan is considered auspicious and is used even in pooja; do not replace it with plastic films.
Put the mirror for the zone that is missing. Fixed so that it works from inside towards outside, it extends and enlarges that missing space.
The sun's rays take about 8 minutes 20 seconds to reach the earth, and only about 55% of their energy arrives; the other 45% is lost on the way. Of what arrives, trees and plants capture about 95%, mirrors 80%, yantras 60 to 90%, pyramids 65% (which is why fruit kept under a pyramid stays fresh), water 60% (mainly the Moon's energy), metals 45% and stones 35%. Plastic and other petroleum by-products capture none, so interiors should rely on natural materials and on indoor and outdoor plants chosen for the planet of each direction.
Rahu-Ketu belong to the South-West, and the diagonal from there is the North-East. Put a mirror at the cut, or install a kalash in the North-East and fix mirrors all around the kalash.
Fix it on the inside of the wall of the part you want to extend; seen from inside, that portion looks bigger and is extended. Fixing it on the outer side makes that part look smaller, so the outer side is used only when a part must be reduced.
A plain mirror shows about three times its size, as a 2 ft mirror shows a 6 ft person. For a 10 to 12 ft area with a 12 ft cut, use at least a 2.5 to 3 ft mirror; even a 1 ft mirror works to some extent, but the result depends on the area and the mirror quality. Use a convex mirror to enlarge a cut and a concave mirror to reduce an extension.
A dressing room has four walls, so fix the mirror on its North or East wall. If the wash basin is already in the South and its mirror must be there, fix a mirror of the same size on the North wall; the pit made in the South is matched by one opposite and the effect evens out.
No. Wardrobe mirrors also belong on the North or East wall. Some say the North-West is also allowed because the mirror represents the water element and the Moon.
Do not worry about Lord Shankar facing West; worry only about the South, and even Hanuman ji may face South. If a deity ever faces a wrong direction, fix a mirror directly in front of the deity.