Solar Eclipse 2024: Vastu Practices For Purifying Space After A Solar Eclipse

Solar Eclipse affects energy in your home. To restore harmony per Vastu Shastra, purify the space after the eclipse using remedies like sprinkling holy water, burning incense, and chanting mantras.

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1. Smudging: Smudging involves the burning of herbs for cleansing which is done with flowers, and generally sage, adapted to for extinguished individuals post eclipse sweeps away bad merits gained during these events. The herbs are are well known to clean spaces and revitalise. (Image Source: Pinterest/fractalenlight)

2. Sprinkling Holy Water: Once the eclipse ends, the chanting begins along with the sprinkling of holy or sacred water. It involves sprinkling water from sacred rivers mainly the Ganges or even water soaked with tulsi leaves is sprinkled in every participating home. This sacrificial offering purifies the area and eliminates any negative energy. (Image Source: Pinterest/claudiaroyo)

3. Light A Lamp Or Diya: Light a Lamp or Diya Lighting an oil lamp or diya inside your sitting room and at the entrance of the house serves as the renewal of negative energy. According to Vastu shastra, the flame removes the darkness that an eclipse causes and brings back clarity as well as brightness in your environment. (Image Source: Pinterest/freepik)

4. Using Sea Salt: Sea salt instead of table salt is more potent and should be used during eclipse. Small bowls of sea salt put in different corners of your house for 24 hours after the eclipse also helps in getting rid of negative energy. Apart from that, you can sprinkle some sea salt on the floors when you are mopping to improve the cleaning. (Image Source: Pinterest/peacelovefengshuiblog)

5. Chant Vedic Mantras: Vedic mantras such as gayathri mantra or om namah shivaya should and can be done during or after the eclipse in order to restore peace and positivity in one’s surroundings. These two vibrations produced by these sounds not only helps verbal communication but also cleans the environment and raises energy levels in the given space. (Image Source: Pinterest/shamtamcom)

6. Keep Doors And Windows Open: After the eclipse, it is advisable for you to keep all the doors and windows open so that there is air and sunlight that comes into the house. This comes in handy in helping in the motion of positive energy and conversely eliminating any negative energy that might have been trapped. (Image Source: Pinterest/etsy)

Inputs By: Anchal Rout, Yoga, Reiki Healing Expert (Image Source: Pinterest/mindvalley)