Leo and the August 2027 total solar eclipse
For Leo, the total solar eclipse of Monday 2 August 2027 falls in Leo itself, your 1st house by whole signs: the house of the self and the body. At the south node, an eclipse in the 1st house is read as the release of an old self-image: a role you have played for years loosening its hold, so that something more honest can show.
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The eclipse in your 1st house
The eclipse is greatest at 10:07 UTC on 2 August, with the Sun and the Moon together at 9°55′ Leo, in your own sign.
For Leo in August, the eclipse lands in the 1st house, the place the Hellenistic astrologers called the Hour-marker: the Horoskopos, the helm of the chart, which a reading by Sun sign counts from your own sign.
In love the August eclipse touches how you present yourself to someone new, and how much of yourself you let a partner see; at work, your personal initiative and the reputation you carry into any room; and with money, spending on yourself, your appearance and your energy.
The nodes run through Leo and Aquarius this year, so Leo’s eclipse axis runs from the 1st house to the 7th, the axis of self and partner: how much of the year is yours to steer, and how much is shared.
On 6 February, 177 days earlier, the annular solar eclipse fell at the other end of that axis, in your 7th house, so Leo’s two solar eclipses of 2027 answer each other across the chart.
Leo’s ruler is the Sun itself, the light this eclipse covers, so the tradition reads the August eclipse as touching Leo twice over: through the 1st house it falls in, and through the planet that rules the sign.
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Leo’s eclipse season
On 18 July, 15 days before the solar eclipse, the penumbral lunar eclipse at 16:03 UTC dims the Moon at 25°57′ Capricorn, across Leo’s 6th house, the house of daily work, habits and health routines, where the tradition would look for what is ripening or ending.
On 17 August, 15 days after the solar eclipse, the penumbral lunar eclipse at 07:14 UTC dims the Moon at 24°04′ Aquarius, across Leo’s 7th house, the house of partners and agreements, where the tradition would look for what is ripening or ending.
Astrologers read an eclipse over months rather than on its day, so for Leo the 1st house stays in the foreground from 2 August until the next eclipse season, which the Almanac’s ephemeris puts in January 2028.
The eclipse at a glance
| Date | Monday 2 August 2027 |
|---|---|
| Greatest eclipse | 10:07 UTC (NASA: 10:07:49 TD) |
| New Moon | 10:05 UTC at 9°54′ Leo |
| Type (NASA) | Total solar eclipse |
| Sign and degree | 9°55′ Leo |
| Longest totality | 6 minutes 23 seconds |
| Magnitude | 1.079 |
| Saros series | 136, member 38 of 71 |
| Path of totality | Morocco, Spain, Algeria, Libya, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Somalia |
| Seen from | Africa, Europe, the Middle East and western and southern Asia |
| Your house (whole signs) | 1st, the house of the self and the body |
Houses are counted by whole signs from your Sun sign (Leo is your 1st). A chart cast for your birth time can put 9°55′ Leo in a different house. The type, path and visibility are NASA’s; the instant and the degree are the Almanac’s own ephemeris.
For Leo around 2 August
A practice for the weeks around the August eclipse: retire one habit of presentation you keep only out of habit: a phrase, a look, a way of entering a room.
And a question for Leo to carry until the next eclipse season: Which version of me am I still performing out of habit?
Common questions
Which house is the August 2027 eclipse in for Leo?
The 1st, counted by whole signs from Leo, since the eclipse is in your own sign. Your own chart, cast for your birth time, may place 9°55′ Leo in a house other than the 1st, and astrologers would read it there as well.
Is the total solar eclipse good or bad for Leo?
The tradition does not sort the August eclipse into good or bad for Leo. It reads your 1st house, the house of the self and the body, as where a chapter turns this August, and it leaves the outcome to your own choices.
When will Leo feel the August eclipse?
Astrologers look for an eclipse’s themes over the months that follow it rather than on the day, so for Leo from 2 August until the eclipses of January 2028, with the 1st house as the place to watch.
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