The solar system is a minute part of the Milky Way. The Milky Way is one galaxy among an immense number within the observable universe.
To treat nine placements as the whole of existence is a failure of proportion. Whatever a chart is, it is not the boundary of what is.
There remains an older question, prior to interpretation: what is the relationship between the Jataka and the Divine.
In the story of Savitri and Satyavan, Savitri's devotion and tapas become symbols of a spiritual will that refuses to surrender before death. In the story of Markandeya, devotion to Shiva becomes an image of consciousness transcending the apparent limits imposed upon mortal life. These are offered here as illustrations from sacred literature, not as evidence.
Kaal-Karmam therefore sells no escape from karma. It encourages the cultivation of the person who must meet it.