Sagittarius and the August 2027 total solar eclipse
For Sagittarius, the total solar eclipse of Monday 2 August 2027 falls in Leo, which counted by whole signs from Sagittarius is your 9th house: the house of faith, travel and higher learning. At the south node, an eclipse in the 9th house is read as an old belief completing its work: a conviction, a plan to travel or a course of study you can finally set down or finish.
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The eclipse in your 9th house
The eclipse is greatest at 10:07 UTC on 2 August, with the Sun and the Moon together at 9°55′ Leo, the ninth sign counted from Sagittarius.
For Sagittarius in August, the eclipse lands in the 9th house, the place the Hellenistic astrologers called the God: Theos, the place where the Sun rejoices, the house of faith, travel abroad and wisdom.
In love the August eclipse touches love across distance or difference, and the shared beliefs that hold a couple together; at work, teaching, publishing, law, travel for work and further qualifications; and with money, spending on study and travel, and money tied to distant places.
The nodes run through Leo and Aquarius this year, so Sagittarius’s eclipse axis runs from the 9th house to the 3rd, the axis of the near and the far: daily words and larger beliefs, errands and pilgrimages.
On 6 February, 177 days earlier, the annular solar eclipse fell at the other end of that axis, in your 3rd house, so Sagittarius’s two solar eclipses of 2027 answer each other across the chart.
On 2 August Sagittarius’s traditional ruler, Jupiter, stands in Virgo, your 10th house, so the tradition would read the eclipse’s news as reaching Sagittarius through the 10th house as well, the house of career and reputation.
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Sagittarius’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 Sagittarius’s 2nd house, the house of money, possessions and values, 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 Sagittarius’s 3rd house, the house of words, siblings and short journeys, where the tradition would look for what is ripening or ending.
Astrologers read an eclipse over months rather than on its day, so for Sagittarius the 9th 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) | 9th, the house of faith, travel and higher learning |
Houses are counted by whole signs from your Sun sign (Sagittarius 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 Sagittarius around 2 August
A practice for the weeks around the August eclipse: write down one belief you have outgrown, and what has taken its place.
And a question for Sagittarius to carry until the next eclipse season: Which conviction has finished its work in me?
Common questions
Which house is the August 2027 eclipse in for Sagittarius?
The 9th, counted by whole signs from Sagittarius, since Leo is the ninth sign counted from Sagittarius. Your own chart, cast for your birth time, may place 9°55′ Leo in a house other than the 9th, and astrologers would read it there as well.
Is the total solar eclipse good or bad for Sagittarius?
The tradition does not sort the August eclipse into good or bad for Sagittarius. It reads your 9th house, the house of faith, travel and higher learning, as where a chapter turns this August, and it leaves the outcome to your own choices.
When will Sagittarius feel the August eclipse?
Astrologers look for an eclipse’s themes over the months that follow it rather than on the day, so for Sagittarius from 2 August until the eclipses of January 2028, with the 9th house as the place to watch.
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