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Adjoining design of natal-chart is popular in the northern and western Indian. It is an ornate representation of the classical design. Asendant house is always brought to top central petal.DIAGRAM - 6

Adjoining design of natal-chart is extensively used in the eastern India, and to design'Sudarshan Chakra' in rest of the India. This design is virtually unaltered classical design of natal-chart first used in Mesopotamia. DIAGRAM - 7

When the 'day-sky' is superimposed over the 'night-sky' the design is obtained as Dig. -9. A person standing on the Earth will observe a half-circle of the celestial globe (Khagol). DIAGRAM - 9

Design of the natal-chart used in the eastern parts of India (Dig.-7) is the least modified form of classical Mesopotamian natal-chart. This design can be redrawn without bringing in any change as Dig.-8 (having close resemblance with the Bhaba Chakra). "The regime of the Moon is over the night-sky, and the Sun rules the day-sky" is a cardinal rule of Indian astrology (Jyotish Ratnakar). It becomes apparent that the day-sky positions of house ownership by various planets is mirror-image of the night-sky positions of planetary house ownership. Dig.-8 also implies that the Earth is spherical and there is 'sky' all around it. If the 'day-sky' is superimposed over the 'night-sky' then we get Dig.-9, where the Sun and the Moon will occupy a single house and rest of the planets will take their sequential orbital position in the solar system.

The question is, why the Sun and the Moon has been alloted the same house (angular position from the Earth) even though the Moon's orbit is located much nearer to the Earth than the Earth's distance from the Sun. The Vedic astronomers definitely knew that the "moonlight is a hidden form of sunlight" (Rig Veda. 1.84.15) also that the Moon does not have any energy of its own (not to be confused with effects or Pravaba) but only transmits solar energy (Tait. Sam. 2.44.14). There is no reason why the contemporary astrologers of Mesopotamia should not be aware of this comparatively simple truth.

Our claim that the design of the natal-chart is more of an energy map of solar system than a celestial map indicating the positions of the planetary orbits is supposed by the fact that the Moon and the Sun have been alloted the same orbital distance from the Earth.

It may be asked, whether the position of the Earth is indicated in this design or not? In the Dig.-9, the firmament will be visible to an observer standing on the Earth as an inverted bowl. The houses of Sun and Moon, Mercury and Venus will be on the left and that Mars, Jupiter and Saturn will be on the right hand of the observer. Every cartographer knows, that if positions of two observed points are indicated, one can immediately pinpoint the position of the observer. On the basis of a photograph it is easy to say where the camera was located. In the present case, observational point (Earth) is located between the houses (orbits) of Venus and Mars, and in the natal-chart the place of birth is shown as the centre (Janma or birth, that is Earth).

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The 'houses' in the natal-chart are sections of orbits of the solar planet. When in astrology a planet is said to be located in another planet's house, say 'Jupiter in the Saturn's house', it means Jupiter was visible against the Saturn's orbit and 'in the ambit of orbital energy influence of the Saturn'. Our postulation that the natal-chart is an energy map is evinced by the fact that astrological laws dictate that nature of the orbital energy field of the same planet will vary depending upon whether the field is ahead (approaching) or behind (receding) the Earth. If one takes into account the "Fire, Earth, Air, Water" classification of planetary houses, it will be seen that the attributed character of the house will reverse depending upon whether the house is ahead or behind the Earth (Dig.-12). DIAGRAM - 12