The Passing of Baha'u'llah
The fourth book of the Ruhi Institute concludes with a description of the final days of Bahá'u'lláh's life before his passing. I attempted to analyze the date of his death as the final stage of an astrological analysis of three points—his birth, the culmination of his way when he declared his mission, and his death—but I was unable to find a clear and precise astrological justification for the date of his passing. Apparently, this is impossible without knowing the exact time of birth and the placement of the so-called astrological houses in his natal chart. One of these houses, the eighth, is directly related to death and should be analyzed specifically, but to do so requires knowing the hour and minute of Bahá'u'lláh's birth. Nevertheless, it is possible to piece together the overall picture of what happened on that day, May 29, 1892, from many pieces, like a puzzle. These pieces represent slowly moving factors in the form of transiting and directional planets, and individually they cannot ensure the cessation of life, but taken together they point to such a dramatic period of life. I cannot describe these factors here, as it would require too much space, but I can mention Bahá'u'lláh's directional Sun (that is, the position of his natal Sun, moving at a rate of approximately one degree per year of life), which on the day of his death occupied a number of corresponding midpoints. Some of these indicate sudden grave illness, while others directly point to sudden death. A characteristic feature is a recurring planetary combination involving Saturn, Uranus, and Admetus, whose action, according to the reference book, signifies the sudden coming of death. This combination of transiting planets occupied the directional Sun simultaneously with the same combination, but of natal planets, on the same directional Sun. These factors were slow enough for Bahá'u'lláh to sense a deterioration in his health several weeks before his death and notify his followers. Overall, it is striking how contrasting Bahá'u'lláh's life was, in which great spiritual achievements alternated with painful periods of imprisonment and exile.