Dusthana means 'place of suffering.' 'Du'
is short for dukha or suffering and 'sthana'
means 'place.' The dusthana houses are houses 6, 8, and 12 and
when the lord of a house is located in a dusthana house, the
house it rules suffers. The influences of the dusthana houses
often represent the most challenging karma in a person's chart.
There are nine 'dusthana yogas' or combinations of misfortune
involving the nine houses other than the dusthana houses themselves.
Each involves the lord of the house being placed in one of the
three dusthana houses as listed below:
Ava Yoga – 1st lord in the 6th, 8th, or 12th house
Nissva Yoga – 2nd lord in the 6th, 8th, or 12th
house
Mriti Yoga – 3rd lord in the 6th, 8th, or 12th
house
Kuhu Yoga - 4th lord in the 6th, 8th, or 12th house
Pamara Yoga – 5th lord in the 6th, 8th, or 12th
house
Dushkriti Yoga – 7th lord in the 6th, 8th, or
12th house
Nirbhagya Yoga – 9th lord in the 6th, 8th, or
12th house
Dur Yoga – 10th lord in the 6th, 8th, or 12th
house
Daridra Yoga – 11th lord in the 6th, 8th, or
12th house
When a dusthana lord is located in a dusthana house, 6, 8, 12,
it is considered a raja or royal yoga, called a vipareeta
raja yoga that is generally very good for one's success.
Whitney Houston, the famous female vocalist, has six of
the nine dusthana yogas in her chart: ava yoga, mriti yoga,
kuhu yoga, dushkriti yoga, nirbhagya yoga, and dur yoga. For
instance, the ava yoga is shown by the 1st lord, Saturn, placed
in the 12th house of Capricorn. However, this also forms a powerful
vipareeta raja yoga since the 12th lord is in its own sign in
the 12th house. Saturn, her ascendant lord, also forms a raja
yoga with Venus, the 4th and 9th lord as we discussed in last
Wednesday's daily
article. So
many dusthana yogas in her chart along with her multiple raja
yogas, gajakesari yoga, etc. could help to explain her complicated
life and the extreme ups and downs she's experienced.
Whitney Houston's' Natal Chart
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