Vastu Consultant for Homes in Australia

Yes. Vastu is built on direction, and the compass does not change at the equator: North is still North in Brisbane, and the eight directions keep their elements and deities. The kitchen is still read against the South-East, the master bedroom against the South-West and the mandir against the North-East.

What does change is the sun, and that is the one question every Australian family raises, so it is answered openly below. The broader picture is in Vastu for NRI homes abroad.

The compass directions do not change, but practitioners differ on how much of the light-related advice should. In Australia the midday sun is in the northern sky, so rooms facing North receive the warm winter sun, while the South side of a house is the cool, shaded side. In most of India it is the other way round.

One view holds that the directions are absolute and carry the same meaning everywhere: the North-East stays the sacred, open corner, the South-West the heavy and stable one, whatever the sun is doing. The Vastu placements are kept exactly as in India.

Another view points out that some classical reasoning about heat and light grew up under India's sun, and adapts the advice that depends on it: where larger windows go, which walls should be solid for shade, which rooms are warm in winter. A few practitioners go further and mirror North and South placements altogether; others do not accept that step.

This page keeps the compass directions as they are. Light, warmth and shade are read against how the sun actually moves around your home, and how the two fit together for your plan is discussed openly on the call. Helpfully, classical Vastu already keeps the North and East open and light, and in Australia that is also where much of the welcome sun arrives.

It begins with the block itself, because the land, its slope and the street often matter as much as the house. Vastu favours a regular, square or rectangular block, higher in the South and West and sloping gently towards the North or East, with the house set so that more open space remains on the North and East sides.

Then the house: where the front door meets the street, whether the garage takes over the front, where the open-plan living area sits, and which bedroom falls in the South-West. A granny flat or studio in the backyard is read as part of the whole site. If you are choosing a block or a house-and-land package, a review of the plans before you sign is the easiest moment to help; see plot selection Vastu.

They are read as complete homes, whatever their size. An older unit in a small walk-up block, a two-storey townhouse and a new apartment tower each have their own entrance, kitchen, bedrooms and centre to work with.

Strata buildings, run by an owners corporation or body corporate, usually set rules on what can be changed, and leases limit what tenants can do. That is why every remedy here is non-structural: bed and desk direction, the way you face while cooking, decluttering by zone, colour in soft furnishings, lamps, plants, and portable crystals and pyramids. Vastu for rented flats covers this in detail.

Comfortably, if each outdoor area is placed with the directions in mind. Australian homes spill outside onto decks, patios and alfresco areas, and summers can be very hot.

The mandir goes in the North-East, the ईशान्य (Ishanya), even in a small unit, as a clean shelf at a sensible height. Australian homes have smoke alarms, and strata by-laws and leases may restrict open flames, so keep a real diya small, brief and supervised, never cover or disable an alarm, and use electric diyas where flames are not allowed.

Diwali falls in the Australian spring, often on warm evenings when windows are open, which makes a brief diya easier. Follow the muhurat calculated for your own city, since local sunset decides it; celebrating Diwali abroad explains why. Temples and community groups hold Diwali, Navratri and Ganesh Chaturthi gatherings that help children grow up with the festivals.

Dr. Kimaya travels to Australia for site visits, arranged on the free first call; the VastuKimaya office is in Andheri East, Mumbai. For an online session, your afternoon or evening is the natural choice, because Australia is ahead of India and sessions run Monday to Saturday, 9 am to 7 pm IST, by video call. You send a floor plan with North marked, compass readings from inside the front door and photographs of each room and the block, and the written report follows the session, just as it follows a visit. Australian clocks move in October and April in some states, and India's never do, so recheck any repeat slot.

Call or WhatsApp +91 70391 07512, or write to stayblessed@vastukimaya.com, with your city and two or three times that suit you. Sessions are not held on Sundays. The first call is free, sessions are in English, Hindi, Marathi or Gujarati, and the online Vastu consultation page explains every step, while the preparation checklist helps you gather your plan and photographs.