If it cannot be moved
A kitchen in the north sets fire in Kubera’s direction, which the tradition reads as spending against income. The usual remedies are to shift the cooking platform so the cook faces east, and to keep the north wall of the kitchen light and uncluttered.
What the North governs
North is Kubera’s direction, the one the tradition associates with wealth and with opportunity arriving. It is kept light and unobstructed: openings, windows and low, empty corners rather than heavy storage.
Where the Kitchen belongs
The kitchen is fire, and fire has a corner. Of all the rooms this is the one where the tradition is least divided and most emphatic, which is also why a kitchen in the wrong corner is the fault people most often ask how to fix.