Aquarius horoscope for August 2027
The heart of August 2027 for Aquarius is the total solar eclipse in Leo (your 7th house) on 2 August. The penumbral lunar eclipse in Aquarius (across your 1st house) on 17 August and Saturn turning retrograde in your 3rd house on 9 August complete the month’s picture.
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August 2027 for Aquarius at a glance
In August the lunations land as the New Moon in Leo (your 7th house) on 2 August, the Full Moon in Aquarius (your 1st house) on 17 August and the New Moon in Virgo (your 8th house) on 31 August. Among the planets, Mercury enters your 7th on 2 August, Saturn turns retrograde in your 3rd on 9 August and Mercury enters your 8th on 17 August. In the background, Jupiter holds Virgo, your 8th house, all month, and Saturn stays in Aries, your 3rd.
| Date | Event | Where | Your house |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 2 Aug10:05 UTC | New Moon, total solar eclipse | 9°54′ Leo | 7th |
| Mon 2 Aug10:07 UTC | Total solar eclipse, greatest | 9°55′ Leo | 7th |
| Mon 2 Aug | Mercury enters Leo | Leo | 7th |
| Mon 9 Aug | Saturn stations retrograde | 27°52′ Aries | 3rd |
| Tue 17 Aug | Mercury enters Virgo | Virgo | 8th |
| Tue 17 Aug07:14 UTC | Penumbral lunar eclipse, greatest | 24°04′ Aquarius | 1st |
| Tue 17 Aug07:29 UTC | Full Moon, penumbral lunar eclipse | 24°11′ Aquarius | 1st |
| Fri 20 Aug | Venus enters Virgo | Virgo | 8th |
| Mon 23 Aug08:14 UTC | Sun enters Virgo | Virgo | 8th |
| Tue 31 Aug17:41 UTC | New Moon | 8°06′ Virgo | 8th |
Houses are counted by whole signs from your Sun sign (Aquarius is your 1st, Pisces your 2nd, and so on). Times are UTC; every date comes from the Almanac’s own ephemeris, none from a calendar typed by hand.
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New Moon in Leo, 2 August: your 7th house, total solar eclipse
Monday 2 August brings the New Moon at 9°54′ Leo, exact at 10:05 UTC, and for Aquarius it falls in the 7th house, the house of partners and agreements.
At a New Moon the Sun and the Moon stand together, and the old almanacs marked the turn of the month for planting; this August the planting is in your 7th house, the Setting, where the tradition looks for a new beginning with a partner, or a new kind of partnership: a contract, a collaboration, a promise. Set in your 7th house, the August lunation takes its tone from its sign: Leo, fixed fire ruled by the Sun, gives it a warm and wholehearted manner that wants to be seen.
This New Moon is also a solar eclipse, a New Moon so close to the Moon’s nodes that the Moon covers the Sun for part of the Earth, and for Aquarius it falls in the 7th house. NASA classes it as total; for Aquarius its greatest moment, at 10:07 UTC at 9°55′ Leo, is the one the tradition counts, and on the central line totality lasts up to 6 minutes 23 seconds. An eclipse on the Setting is read as a turning in partnership: a bond deepened, redefined or released, or a new agreement that changes your path. Read the total solar eclipse for Aquarius in full.
A practice for the August New Moon: listen for the need underneath someone else’s complaint.
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See the year on your own RoadFull Moon in Aquarius, 17 August: your 1st house, penumbral lunar eclipse
On Tuesday 17 August the Moon comes full at 24°11′ Aquarius, at 07:29 UTC, facing the Sun in Leo; for Aquarius it fills the 1st house, the house of the self and the body, from across the 7th.
A Full Moon is read as an illumination, and the August Full Moon shines into your 1st house, the Hour-marker, where it shows how you have been showing up, and whether the face you present still fits the person behind it. For Aquarius this August, Aquarius makes the mood cool and forward-looking, concerned with the group and the future. Read as an axis, from your 1st house to your 7th, this August Full Moon runs along the axis of self and partner: how much of the year is yours to steer, and how much is shared.
Astronomically the August Full Moon is a penumbral lunar eclipse: the Moon crosses only the Earth’s faint outer shadow, a dimming many people never notice, here in your 1st house. NASA classes it as penumbral, greatest at 07:14 UTC with the Moon at 24°04′ Aquarius in Aquarius’s 1st house, a faint shading rather than a red Moon. With the Moon darkened in your first house, the old books would have you watch what the body and the mood are telling you before deciding anything new.
If you want something to do with this August lunation, write one sentence about who you are this year that does not mention your job or anyone else.
New Moon in Virgo, 31 August: your 8th house
The New Moon is exact at 17:41 UTC on Tuesday 31 August, at 8°06′ Virgo. Counted by whole signs from Aquarius, Virgo is your 8th house, the house of shared money, intimacy and deep change.
A New Moon is read as an opening rather than an event, so the August lunation is less a happening than an invitation in your 8th house, the Idle Place: a beginning that starts with letting something go. In your 8th house this August, Virgo makes the mood useful and discerning, ready to sort and to mend.
A practice for the August New Moon: tell the truth about one fear without dramatizing it.
Planets changing sign or direction in August
On 2 August Mercury moves into Leo, which is your 7th house. Until 17 August, Mercury in your 7th house sets the mind on other people: negotiations, contracts and the conversations a partnership needs.
Saturn stations retrograde in Aries, your 3rd house, the start of a backward loop of 136 days that ends on 24 December. The turn comes on 9 August, at 27°52′ Aries, and in your 3rd house its review touches conversations, writing and messages, and siblings and neighbors.
Mercury crosses into Virgo on 17 August and so into your 8th house. Until 3 September, with Mercury in the house of other people’s goods, the tradition reads a spell for paperwork about shared money and for honest questions.
Venus crosses into Virgo on 20 August and so into your 8th house. Until 13 or 14 September, with Venus in the house of other people’s goods, the tradition reads a spell when support, favors or shared resources may come more easily.
The Sun enters Virgo, your 8th house, on 23 August at 08:14 UTC. Until 23 September, with the Sun in the house of other people’s goods, the season favors settling accounts, in money and in feeling.
Love, work and money for Aquarius in August
Venus begins August in Leo, your 7th house, and enters Virgo, your 8th, on 20 August, turning affection toward intimacy, trust and the shared life two people build with their money and their secrets. The New Moon on 2 August falls in your 7th, the house of partners and agreements.
Mars stays in Libra all month, your 9th house, putting the month’s effort into teaching, publishing, law, travel for work and further qualifications.
For money, Mercury arrives in your 8th on 17 August, Venus arrives in your 8th on 20 August and the Sun arrives in your 8th on 23 August: the house of what is shared and owed. Read August as a time for looking at debts, loans, taxes, insurance and inheritance, other people’s money in your life, without expecting the sky to settle the sums for you.
Questions to carry through August
- Is this agreement fair to both of us?
- What first impression do I want to leave, and is it an honest one?
- What would I let go of if I believed I would be all right?
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Common questions
When is the New Moon in August 2027 for Aquarius?
On Monday 2 August at 10:05 UTC, at 9°54′ Leo, in your 7th house of partners, and on Tuesday 31 August at 17:41 UTC, at 8°06′ Virgo, in your 8th house of shared money, counting houses by whole signs from Aquarius.
Is Mercury retrograde in August 2027?
No. Mercury moves forward all through August; its next retrograde begins on 7 October in Scorpio, your 10th house.
Is there an eclipse in August 2027?
Yes: the total solar eclipse on Monday 2 August, greatest at 10:07 UTC, at 9°55′ Leo, in your 7th house, and the penumbral lunar eclipse on Tuesday 17 August, greatest at 07:14 UTC, at 24°04′ Aquarius, in your 1st house.
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