Virgo and the August 2027 total solar eclipse
For Virgo, the total solar eclipse of Monday 2 August 2027 falls in Leo, which counted by whole signs from Virgo is your 12th house: the house of rest, solitude and the hidden life. At the south node, an eclipse in the 12th house is read as the release of what has been carried in private: an old grief, a secret burden or a habit of hiding that can now be let go.
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The eclipse in your 12th house
The eclipse is greatest at 10:07 UTC on 2 August, with the Sun and the Moon together at 9°55′ Leo, the twelfth sign counted from Virgo.
For Virgo in August, the eclipse lands in the 12th house, the place the Hellenistic astrologers called the Bad Spirit: Kakos Daimon, the place where Saturn rejoices, the house of hidden things, retreat and sorrow in the old books.
In love the August eclipse touches secret feelings, private sacrifices and the hidden life of a relationship; at work, work behind the scenes, research and anything done out of public view; and with money, hidden costs, quiet leaks and money given in secret.
The nodes run through Leo and Aquarius this year, so Virgo’s eclipse axis runs from the 12th house to the 6th, the axis of work and rest: the duties of the day and the retreat that restores you.
On 6 February, 177 days earlier, the annular solar eclipse fell at the other end of that axis, in your 6th house, so Virgo’s two solar eclipses of 2027 answer each other across the chart.
On 2 August Virgo’s traditional ruler, Mercury, stands in Cancer, your 11th house, so the tradition would read the eclipse’s news as reaching Virgo through the 11th house as well, the house of friends, hopes and community.
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Virgo’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 Virgo’s 5th house, the house of romance, creativity and children, 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 Virgo’s 6th house, the house of daily work, habits and health routines, where the tradition would look for what is ripening or ending.
Astrologers read an eclipse over months rather than on its day, so for Virgo the 12th 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) | 12th, the house of rest, solitude and the hidden life |
Houses are counted by whole signs from your Sun sign (Virgo 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 Virgo around 2 August
A practice for the weeks around the August eclipse: tell one trusted person about something you have been carrying alone.
And a question for Virgo to carry until the next eclipse season: What have I carried in secret that I can put down?
Common questions
Which house is the August 2027 eclipse in for Virgo?
The 12th, counted by whole signs from Virgo, since Leo is the twelfth sign counted from Virgo. Your own chart, cast for your birth time, may place 9°55′ Leo in a house other than the 12th, and astrologers would read it there as well.
Is the total solar eclipse good or bad for Virgo?
The tradition does not sort the August eclipse into good or bad for Virgo. It reads your 12th house, the house of rest, solitude and the hidden life, as where a chapter turns this August, and it leaves the outcome to your own choices.
When will Virgo feel the August eclipse?
Astrologers look for an eclipse’s themes over the months that follow it rather than on the day, so for Virgo from 2 August until the eclipses of January 2028, with the 12th house as the place to watch.
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