Taurus and the February 2027 annular solar eclipse
For Taurus, the annular solar eclipse of Saturday 6 February 2027 falls in Aquarius, which counted by whole signs from Taurus is your 10th house: the house of career and reputation. At the north node, an eclipse in the 10th house is read as a public door opening: a new role, a new title or a new reason to be seen, which tends to take shape over the following months.
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The eclipse in your 10th house
The eclipse is greatest at 16:00 UTC on 6 February, with the Sun and the Moon together at 17°37′ Aquarius, the tenth sign counted from Taurus.
For Taurus in February, 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 February 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 Aquarius and Leo this year, so Taurus’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 2 August, 177 days later, the total solar eclipse falls at the other end of that axis, in your 4th house, and Taurus’s two solar eclipses of 2027 will have spoken from both ends of it.
On 6 February Taurus’s traditional ruler, Venus, stands in Capricorn, your 9th house, so the tradition would read the eclipse’s news as reaching Taurus through the 9th house as well, the house of faith, travel and higher learning.
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Taurus’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 Taurus’s 5th house, the house of romance, creativity and children, where the tradition would look for what is ripening or ending.
Astrologers read an eclipse over months rather than on its day, so for Taurus the 10th 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) | 10th, the house of career and reputation |
Houses are counted by whole signs from your Sun sign (Taurus 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 Taurus around 6 February
A practice for the weeks around the February eclipse: write one sentence about the public role you want to grow into, and share it with one person.
And a question for Taurus to carry until the next eclipse season: What role am I growing into?
Common questions
Which house is the February 2027 eclipse in for Taurus?
The 10th, counted by whole signs from Taurus, since Aquarius is the tenth sign counted from Taurus. Your own chart, cast for your birth time, may place 17°37′ Aquarius in a house other than the 10th, and astrologers would read it there as well.
Is the annular solar eclipse good or bad for Taurus?
The tradition does not sort the February eclipse into good or bad for Taurus. It reads your 10th house, the house of career and reputation, as where a chapter turns this February, and it leaves the outcome to your own choices.
When will Taurus feel the February eclipse?
Astrologers look for an eclipse’s themes over the months that follow it rather than on the day, so for Taurus from 6 February until the eclipses of July, with the 10th house as the place to watch.
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