Quick Astro Observation: The Eclipse That Marked a Fall

On July 4, 2025, Andrey Badalov, Vice President of Transneft, died after falling from a window of his high-rise apartment in Moscow. The astrology is precise and unsettling.

A lunar eclipse at 23° Virgo occurred just under four months prior, on March 14, 2025, landing exactly on Badalov’s natal Sun. (They play out over 6 months) Eclipses to the Sun, especially by conjunction, are traditionally interpreted as omens for loss of visibility, leadership disruption, or even death…particularly for public figures or those in positions of state-aligned power.

At the same time, transiting Uranus at 24° Taurus formed a near-exact trine to that eclipse and his natal Sun, signaling a sudden, destabilizing event. Uranus is associated with shocks, falls, and breakage. Literal and symbolic.

The timing, the symbolism, and the historical context align. In traditional astrology, eclipses near the Sun of a high-ranking official were not taken lightly. This case echoes those ancient warnings with haunting clarity. I wish we had a birth time to see if the angles had involvement.