Vedic Square and Cosmology

The most stable number in Vaastu was considered to be the number 8. This was due to a number of observations that were made. One of the major observations was that the human body was designed on the proportionate basis of 8 head lengths. The belief that the earth and the universe were also based on man as a unit of measurement - added to the belief that 8 was an integral number in the study of numbers.

Other events included the eight primary phases of the moon and the movement of the moon through 28 days; which formed the number of outer in a 8x8 square as shown in the chart. Eight also was the cardinal directions from East, South East all the way to North East.

Nature always treated 8 as a stable number when we saw how elements in nature reacted and how stable compounds were created. It was seen that all elements reacted till hey had 8 electrons in their outer circle. The only stable elements are inert gases which have 8 outer electrons. The story of 8 goes on with the 7 colors of the rainbow in addition to the entire form of the rainbow itself and the 8 wheels in the chariot of the sun god as a symbol of stability.