Scorpio and the August 2027 total solar eclipse
For Scorpio, the total solar eclipse of Monday 2 August 2027 falls in Leo, which counted by whole signs from Scorpio is your 10th house: the house of career and reputation. At the south node, an eclipse in the 10th house is read as the end of a public chapter: a role completed, a title outgrown, or an ambition you no longer need to prove.
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The eclipse in your 10th house
The eclipse is greatest at 10:07 UTC on 2 August, with the Sun and the Moon together at 9°55′ Leo, the tenth sign counted from Scorpio.
For Scorpio in August, the eclipse lands in the 10th house, the place the Hellenistic astrologers called the Midheaven: the Mesouranema, the highest point of the chart, the house of action, rank and reputation.
In love the August eclipse touches how a relationship fits beside a career, and the public face of a partnership; at work, career direction, promotion, reputation and the people above you, most directly of all the houses; and with money, income tied to status and the long arc of earning power.
The nodes run through Leo and Aquarius this year, so Scorpio’s eclipse axis runs from the 10th house to the 4th, the axis of home and career: the private root and the public branch of a life.
On 6 February, 177 days earlier, the annular solar eclipse fell at the other end of that axis, in your 4th house, so Scorpio’s two solar eclipses of 2027 answer each other across the chart.
On 2 August Scorpio’s traditional ruler, Mars, stands in Libra, your 12th house, so the tradition would read the eclipse’s news as reaching Scorpio through the 12th house as well, the house of rest, solitude and the hidden life.
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Scorpio’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 Scorpio’s 3rd house, the house of words, siblings and short journeys, 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 Scorpio’s 4th house, the house of home, family and roots, where the tradition would look for what is ripening or ending.
Astrologers read an eclipse over months rather than on its day, so for Scorpio the 10th 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) | 10th, the house of career and reputation |
Houses are counted by whole signs from your Sun sign (Scorpio 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 Scorpio around 2 August
A practice for the weeks around the August eclipse: let go of one title, role or ambition you keep only because others expect it.
And a question for Scorpio to carry until the next eclipse season: Which ambition have I already outgrown?
Common questions
Which house is the August 2027 eclipse in for Scorpio?
The 10th, counted by whole signs from Scorpio, since Leo is the tenth sign counted from Scorpio. Your own chart, cast for your birth time, may place 9°55′ Leo in a house other than the 10th, and astrologers would read it there as well.
Is the total solar eclipse good or bad for Scorpio?
The tradition does not sort the August eclipse into good or bad for Scorpio. It reads your 10th house, the house of career and reputation, as where a chapter turns this August, and it leaves the outcome to your own choices.
When will Scorpio feel the August eclipse?
Astrologers look for an eclipse’s themes over the months that follow it rather than on the day, so for Scorpio from 2 August until the eclipses of January 2028, with the 10th house as the place to watch.
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