Planets and Horoscopes

[yanom at ksuvx0.kyoto-su.ac.jp]

>The question is this: in preparing a chart of the positions of the planets
>at birth, can a planet inhabit two houses at once? I. e., is it possible
>for Mars to be in, say, the second house and the seventh house at the same
>time? If so, what textual documentation is there for this? If not, why not?

It is utterly impossible for a planet to inhibit in two houses at once.

>I tend to think not, but I'll be happy to be corrected. The text I am
>reading is the Avadhi Candaayan by Maulana Daud, and its resolution depends
>on the reading of the nayaka's horoscope by a trader disguised as a
>Brahmin. I think the horoscope is a fake, just like the pandit, but clearly
>I need a real pandit to tell me whether it is so!

If you send me the horoscope I will check the date and I will
tell you whether it is a fake or not.  There are many computer
programs for astronomy and astrology, but I use my own program
based on the Suryasiddhanta.  

Michio YANO
Prof. of Sanskrit and History of Science
Kyoto Sangyo University
Kamigamo-Motoyama, Kita-ku, Kyoto 603
Japan
e-mail; yanom at cc.kyoto-su.ac.jp