Workplace Vastu is one of the most commercial corners of the subject, so it is worth being clear at the outset about what can and cannot be said. This page is the start of that conversation and is deliberately cautious.
The classical texts we read were written about sites, towns, temples, palaces and houses. They are texts of building and planning, and their rules were framed for those kinds of dwellings. We did not find, in the translations and summaries we could read, a separate set of rules for a modern office floor, a retail shop or a factory. That is not the same as saying the wider literature has none, and we will say so if we find one. Advice for those places in popular Vastu, such as where the owner’s desk should sit or which way a cash counter should face, is mostly an extension of the house rules into a new setting. Some of it may be sensible. None of it should be presented as ancient, and none of it can be promised to bring trade or profit.
What does carry over is the part of the tradition that was always about careful planning. Choose the site with attention to its ground, drainage and surroundings. Give the entrance thought, because people arrive through it every day. Keep the centre of the building open and uncluttered. Look after light and ventilation. These are old habits and also ordinary good practice.
If you want to look at a workplace through the same sources as a home, three guides on this site apply directly. The entrance checker works on any door once you take its bearing from the centre. The guide to the entrance and the 32 padas explains what the table does and does not say. And remedies without demolition lists questions to ask any consultant who tells you that a shop or an office is unlucky.
We have not yet written dedicated guides for offices, shops and factories. When we do, they will keep the same three labels and the same refusal to sell fear, and they will appear in this section.