Cancer horoscope for August 2027
For Cancer, August 2027 turns on the total solar eclipse in Leo (your 2nd house) on 2 August. The penumbral lunar eclipse in Aquarius (across your 8th house) on 17 August and Saturn turning retrograde in your 10th house on 9 August complete the month’s picture.
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August 2027 for Cancer at a glance
The Moon’s turns this month fall for Cancer as the New Moon in Leo (your 2nd house) on 2 August, the Full Moon in Aquarius (your 8th house) on 17 August and the New Moon in Virgo (your 3rd house) on 31 August. Among the planets, Mercury enters your 2nd on 2 August, Saturn turns retrograde in your 10th on 9 August and Mercury enters your 3rd on 17 August. In the background, Jupiter holds Virgo, your 3rd house, all month, and Saturn stays in Aries, your 10th.
| Date | Event | Where | Your house |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 2 Aug10:05 UTC | New Moon, total solar eclipse | 9°54′ Leo | 2nd |
| Mon 2 Aug10:07 UTC | Total solar eclipse, greatest | 9°55′ Leo | 2nd |
| Mon 2 Aug | Mercury enters Leo | Leo | 2nd |
| Mon 9 Aug | Saturn stations retrograde | 27°52′ Aries | 10th |
| Tue 17 Aug | Mercury enters Virgo | Virgo | 3rd |
| Tue 17 Aug07:14 UTC | Penumbral lunar eclipse, greatest | 24°04′ Aquarius | 8th |
| Tue 17 Aug07:29 UTC | Full Moon, penumbral lunar eclipse | 24°11′ Aquarius | 8th |
| Fri 20 Aug | Venus enters Virgo | Virgo | 3rd |
| Mon 23 Aug08:14 UTC | Sun enters Virgo | Virgo | 3rd |
| Tue 31 Aug17:41 UTC | New Moon | 8°06′ Virgo | 3rd |
Houses are counted by whole signs from your Sun sign (Cancer is your 1st, Leo 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 2nd house, total solar eclipse
The New Moon is exact at 10:05 UTC on Monday 2 August, at 9°54′ Leo. Counted by whole signs from Cancer, Leo is your 2nd house, the house of money, possessions and values.
Astrology reads the New Moon as the time to start small and mean it, and in August the small start belongs to your 2nd house, the Gate of Hades: a fresh look at what you value enough to protect, and what you only keep out of habit. For Cancer this August, Leo makes the mood generous and proud, ready to lead and to play.
Astronomically the August New Moon is a solar eclipse, because it falls near one of the Moon’s nodes, the two points where its path crosses the Sun’s; for Cancer that happens in the 2nd house. NASA classes it as total; for Cancer 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 in the second house is read as a change in how a life is sustained: income, spending or the sense of what is worth working for. Read the total solar eclipse for Cancer in full.
If you want something to do with this August lunation, set one small amount aside on purpose, so that saving becomes something you do rather than something you hope for.
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See the year on your own RoadFull Moon in Aquarius, 17 August: your 8th house, penumbral lunar eclipse
The Full Moon is exact at 07:29 UTC on Tuesday 17 August, with the Moon at 24°11′ Aquarius and the Sun opposite in Leo. For Cancer the Moon lights your 8th house, the house of shared money, intimacy and deep change, while the Sun stands across in your 2nd.
The tradition reads a Full Moon as a culmination, and the August Full Moon brings it to your 8th house, the Idle Place in the old books, where it shows an insurance, tax or inheritance matter that wants attention now rather than later. Set in your 8th house, the August lunation takes its tone from its sign: Aquarius, fixed air ruled by Saturn in the old books, gives it an independent and principled manner. With the Sun across the chart in your 2nd house, the August Full Moon speaks along the axis of what is yours and what is shared: earnings and debts, possessions and trust.
This Full Moon is also a lunar eclipse, a Full Moon close to the nodes, when the Moon passes through the Earth’s shadow, and for Cancer it darkens the 8th house. NASA classes it as penumbral, greatest at 07:14 UTC with the Moon at 24°04′ Aquarius in Cancer’s 8th house, a faint shading rather than a red Moon. With the Moon eclipsed in the house of other people’s goods, the old counsel is to settle what is owed and leave the rest in better hands.
One way for Cancer to meet it in August: have the conversation about shared money that you both keep avoiding.
New Moon in Virgo, 31 August: your 3rd house
On Tuesday 31 August the Moon and the Sun meet at 8°06′ Virgo, at 17:41 UTC; for Cancer that degree lies in the 3rd house, the house of words, siblings and short journeys.
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 3rd house, the Goddess: an intention about how you speak and listen, especially to the people closest to hand. In your 3rd house this August, Virgo lends it precision, modesty and service.
One way for Cancer to meet it in August: turn off one stream of noise for a week and see what you hear instead.
Planets changing sign or direction in August
Mercury enters Leo on 2 August, your 2nd house. Until 17 August, with Mercury in your house of money, the tradition reads a practical spell for paperwork about earnings and spending.
Saturn turns retrograde in Aries, in your 10th house: until 24 December the planet of structure reviews rather than builds. The turn comes on 9 August, at 27°52′ Aries, and in your 10th house its review touches career and calling, reputation, and public life.
Mercury enters Virgo on 17 August, your 3rd house. Until 3 September, Mercury in your 3rd house is at home in the house of words: messages multiply, errands pile up and learning comes easily.
Venus crosses into Virgo on 20 August and so into your 3rd house. Until 13 or 14 September, Venus in your 3rd house sweetens your words: kind messages, warmer dealings with siblings and neighbors, and pleasure in small journeys.
On 23 August at 08:14 UTC the Sun crosses into Virgo, which for Cancer is the 3rd house. Until 23 September, the Sun in your 3rd house makes a month for conversations, errands, siblings and short journeys.
Love, work and money for Cancer in August
Venus begins August in Leo, your 2nd house, and enters Virgo, your 3rd, on 20 August, turning affection toward how you talk to someone you love, and the small messages that keep a bond alive.
Mars stays in Libra all month, your 4th house, putting the month’s effort into working from home, and the foundations a career quietly stands on.
For money, the New Moon on 2 August falls in your 2nd, Mercury arrives in your 2nd on 2 August and the Full Moon on 17 August falls in your 8th: the house of what you earn and own. The tradition would make August a time to review income, savings, spending and possessions, most directly of all the houses in Leo’s house, and leave the outcome to your own choices.
Questions to carry through August
- Which of my possessions owns me?
- What would I let go of if I believed I would be all right?
- Which belief do I repeat without checking?
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Common questions
When is the New Moon in August 2027 for Cancer?
On Monday 2 August at 10:05 UTC, at 9°54′ Leo, in your 2nd house of money, and on Tuesday 31 August at 17:41 UTC, at 8°06′ Virgo, in your 3rd house of words, counting houses by whole signs from Cancer.
Is Mercury retrograde in August 2027?
No. Mercury moves forward all through August; its next retrograde begins on 7 October in Scorpio, your 5th 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 2nd house, and the penumbral lunar eclipse on Tuesday 17 August, greatest at 07:14 UTC, at 24°04′ Aquarius, in your 8th house.
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