@ernst, @qwertym2
My understanding is as follows, please correct I am wrong:
svastha is under the sway of all other official avasthas on it, but its most significant nature and differentiating factor (other than the self-abiding aspects) is it can act as a direct stepping stone to Proud avastha, provided the native lives out this planet consciously.
Consciously svastha planet can act like a proud planet, unconsciously it is just under the sway of the other official avasthas on it.
Svastha is not proud by any means. A proud planet rises to the top when burdened by other bad avasthas, and it gets people involved with others, somehow, and in the face of other bad avashtas in the chart that are not healed, it makes people be judgmental of their weak planets and of other's faults. They simply expect everything to work like the proud planet.
Svastha will be defeated by bad avasthas, it will withdraw, be with itself, manage it avasthas better that way than with others.
I have both proud and svastha planets. Sun proud in Aries (7th) and Jupiter svastha in Pisces (6th, with Mercury not DB). I catch myself of being judgemental with regard to others all encompassing love outlook (I have two shamed planets in Varuna : Saturn/Mars/Ketu), and have the tendency to self-abide due to others problems being distracting for my own focus and goals.
Anand
Svastha will be defeated by bad avasthas, it will withdraw, be with itself, manage it avasthas better that way than with others.
I imagine your statement implies this is done through the agency of bringing conscious awareness to this planet, free will to drop bad avasthas? If so, I imagine svastha planet has the best capacity (in terms of being least subscribing to fate) to reach proud-like capabilities than any other planet?
Anand