Vastu Shastra is the sublime elucidation of your surrounding and their influence on your life. Vastu literally means " house" or Dwelling Place and its principles establish to create a harmony between the fine elements viz. Earth, Sky, Fire, Water and Air in the environment .

Our ancient sages have applied their Vastu knowledge and judgment to mitigate the negative functioning of our environment and increase the advantageous effect that it can have on our life. 

Indisputably, Vastu is an essential part of astrology, it takes into consideration not only physical / corporeal success but also mental calmness & tranquility. 
Vastu Shastra unifies the science, art, astronomy and astrology, it can also be said as an ancient mystic science for designing and building. Vastu Shastra helps us to make our lives better and will secure from things going wrong. 

Vastu is a part of Vedas, which are believed to be four to five thousand years old. The art of Vastu originates in the Stapatya Veda, a part of the Atharva Veda.

Vedas are divided and brought into the written form making it easier for people to understand. - Vedas 
- Upavedas (supplementary Vedas) 
- Vedangas (limbs of Vedas) 
- Upaangas (supplementary parts)
- Rig veda, the heart of the entire Veda comprises of 10,552 verses.
- Yajur veda, sacred selections from Rig Veda to chant with rhythm have about 2000 verses. 
- Saama veda, holy selections from the Rig Veda arranged for melodious chanting, is enriched with about 2000 verses. 
- Atharvaveda, combination of all the three Vedas with nearly 6,000 verses is considered to be a unique one. 

The Vedangas and Up Vedas are collections of texts that succor the Vedas to be systematic as a sacred living. Up Vedas are: - 

. Artha Veda, which reveals statecraft 
. Ayur Veda, which deals with medicine and health 
. Dhanur Veda, is the military science derived from Yajur Veda 
. Gandharva Veda, the science which enlighten music and arts 
. Sthapatya Veda, dealing with the architecture. (Vastu Shastra is a part of Sthapatya Veda)

 As per the Vastu rules, while constructing a building it must be located in such a way that it receives the maximum benefit from the solar and cosmic energies. Thus the orientation attains a vital part. The various directions are:

North, South, East, West, NorthEast, NorthWest, SouthEast and SouthWest. Every corner is again divided into 2 sides. Namely: 


NorthEast - East North EastNorth North East 
SouthEast - East South East South South East 
NorthWest - West North WestNorth North West 
SouthWest - South South West West South West 


The NorthEast corner is stated to receive the cosmic energy, which is a combination of energy from different planets apart from sun, in abundance. And from there it moves in the opposite direction i.e to the SouthWest.