Libra and the February 2027 annular solar eclipse
For Libra, the annular solar eclipse of Saturday 6 February 2027 falls in Aquarius, which counted by whole signs from Libra is your 5th house: the house of romance, creativity and children. At the north node, an eclipse in the 5th house is read as an invitation into joy: a romance, a creative project or a child’s new stage that asks for more of your heart than you planned to give.
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The eclipse in your 5th house
The eclipse is greatest at 16:00 UTC on 6 February, with the Sun and the Moon together at 17°37′ Aquarius, the fifth sign counted from Libra.
For Libra in February, the eclipse lands in the 5th house, the place the Hellenistic astrologers called Good Fortune: Agathe Tyche, the place where Venus rejoices, the house of children, pleasure and play.
In love the February eclipse touches romance, dating, courtship and the play that keeps love from going stale; at work, creative work and any project you care about for its own sake; and with money, spending on pleasure, and money risked rather than saved.
The nodes run through Aquarius and Leo this year, so Libra’s eclipse axis runs from the 5th house to the 11th, the axis of the heart and the hope: personal joy and the friends and causes you belong to.
On 2 August, 177 days later, the total solar eclipse falls at the other end of that axis, in your 11th house, and Libra’s two solar eclipses of 2027 will have spoken from both ends of it.
On 6 February Libra’s traditional ruler, Venus, stands in Capricorn, your 4th house, so the tradition would read the eclipse’s news as reaching Libra through the 4th house as well, the house of home, family and roots.
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Libra’s eclipse season
On 20 February, 14 days after the solar eclipse, the penumbral lunar eclipse at 23:13 UTC dims the Moon at 1°58′ Virgo, across Libra’s 12th house, the house of rest, solitude and the hidden life, where the tradition would look for what is ripening or ending.
Astrologers read an eclipse over months rather than on its day, so for Libra the 5th house stays in the foreground from 6 February until the next eclipse season, which the Almanac’s ephemeris puts in July.
The eclipse at a glance
| Date | Saturday 6 February 2027 |
|---|---|
| Greatest eclipse | 16:00 UTC (NASA: 16:00:47 TD) |
| New Moon | 15:56 UTC at 17°37′ Aquarius |
| Type (NASA) | Annular solar eclipse |
| Sign and degree | 17°37′ Aquarius |
| Longest annularity | 7 minutes 51 seconds |
| Magnitude | 0.928 |
| Saros series | 131, member 51 of 70 |
| Path of annularity | Chile, Argentina and the Atlantic |
| Seen from | South America, Antarctica and western and southern Africa |
| Your house (whole signs) | 5th, the house of romance, creativity and children |
Houses are counted by whole signs from your Sun sign (Libra is your 1st). A chart cast for your birth time can put 17°37′ Aquarius in a different house. The type, path and visibility are NASA’s; the instant and the degree are the Almanac’s own ephemeris.
For Libra around 6 February
A practice for the weeks around the February eclipse: give one evening a week to something you make or play for its own sake.
And a question for Libra to carry until the next eclipse season: What brings me joy that I have not made time for?
Common questions
Which house is the February 2027 eclipse in for Libra?
The 5th, counted by whole signs from Libra, since Aquarius is the fifth sign counted from Libra. Your own chart, cast for your birth time, may place 17°37′ Aquarius in a house other than the 5th, and astrologers would read it there as well.
Is the annular solar eclipse good or bad for Libra?
The tradition does not sort the February eclipse into good or bad for Libra. It reads your 5th house, the house of romance, creativity and children, as where a chapter turns this February, and it leaves the outcome to your own choices.
When will Libra feel the February eclipse?
Astrologers look for an eclipse’s themes over the months that follow it rather than on the day, so for Libra from 6 February until the eclipses of July, with the 5th house as the place to watch.
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