Capricorn horoscope for August 2027
The heart of August 2027 for Capricorn is the total solar eclipse in Leo (your 8th house) on 2 August. The penumbral lunar eclipse in Aquarius (across your 2nd house) on 17 August and Saturn turning retrograde in your 4th house on 9 August complete the month’s picture.
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August 2027 for Capricorn at a glance
August brings the New Moon in Leo (your 8th house) on 2 August, the Full Moon in Aquarius (your 2nd house) on 17 August and the New Moon in Virgo (your 9th house) on 31 August. Among the planets, Mercury enters your 8th on 2 August, Saturn turns retrograde in your 4th on 9 August and Mercury enters your 9th on 17 August. In the background, Jupiter holds Virgo, your 9th house, all month, and Saturn stays in Aries, your 4th.
| Date | Event | Where | Your house |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 2 Aug10:05 UTC | New Moon, total solar eclipse | 9°54′ Leo | 8th |
| Mon 2 Aug10:07 UTC | Total solar eclipse, greatest | 9°55′ Leo | 8th |
| Mon 2 Aug | Mercury enters Leo | Leo | 8th |
| Mon 9 Aug | Saturn stations retrograde | 27°52′ Aries | 4th |
| Tue 17 Aug | Mercury enters Virgo | Virgo | 9th |
| Tue 17 Aug07:14 UTC | Penumbral lunar eclipse, greatest | 24°04′ Aquarius | 2nd |
| Tue 17 Aug07:29 UTC | Full Moon, penumbral lunar eclipse | 24°11′ Aquarius | 2nd |
| Fri 20 Aug | Venus enters Virgo | Virgo | 9th |
| Mon 23 Aug08:14 UTC | Sun enters Virgo | Virgo | 9th |
| Tue 31 Aug17:41 UTC | New Moon | 8°06′ Virgo | 9th |
Houses are counted by whole signs from your Sun sign (Capricorn is your 1st, Aquarius 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 8th house, total solar eclipse
On Monday 2 August the Moon and the Sun meet at 9°54′ Leo, at 10:05 UTC; for Capricorn that degree lies in the 8th house, the house of shared money, intimacy and deep change.
In the old reckoning the New Moon was the threshold every month was counted from, and the August threshold stands in your 8th house, the Idle Place, read as a new arrangement around shared money: a debt planned down, an account merged, a loan reconsidered. Set in your 8th 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 Capricorn it falls in the 8th house. NASA classes it as total; for Capricorn 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 eighth house is read as a turning in what you share: money joined or separated, trust deepened or tested, an inheritance or a debt. Read the total solar eclipse for Capricorn in full.
A practice for the August New Moon: let yourself grieve something you have been too busy to grieve.
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See the year on your own RoadFull Moon in Aquarius, 17 August: your 2nd 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 Capricorn it fills the 2nd house, the house of money, possessions and values, from across the 8th.
Astrology reads a Full Moon as an axis rather than a point, and the August axis runs through your 2nd house, the Gate of Hades, showing where your money has actually been going, set against where you meant it to go. In your 2nd house this August, Aquarius lends it originality, detachment and a sense of the common good. Read as an axis, from your 2nd house to your 8th, this August Full Moon runs along the axis of what is yours and what is shared: earnings and debts, possessions and trust.
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 2nd house. NASA classes it as penumbral, greatest at 07:14 UTC with the Moon at 24°04′ Aquarius in Capricorn’s 2nd house, a faint shading rather than a red Moon. With a lunar eclipse in your house of money, the counsel of the tradition is to review before you react, and to decide nothing large in a hurry.
One way for Capricorn to meet it in August: notice when you talk yourself down about money, and stop mid-sentence.
New Moon in Virgo, 31 August: your 9th house
On Tuesday 31 August the Moon and the Sun meet at 8°06′ Virgo, at 17:41 UTC; for Capricorn that degree lies in the 9th house, the house of faith, travel and higher learning.
The tradition reads a New Moon as a seed rather than a harvest, and the August seed falls in your 9th house, the God of the old books: a beginning that widens the map, through travel, a teacher or a book. For Capricorn this August, Virgo, mutable earth ruled by Mercury, gives it a careful and practical manner, fond of detail.
If you want something to do with this August lunation, plan a journey, even a small one, to somewhere you have never been.
Planets changing sign or direction in August
Mercury enters Leo on 2 August, your 8th house. Until 17 August, Mercury in your 8th house turns thought toward what is shared and what is hidden: debts, taxes, research and frank conversations about trust.
Saturn stations retrograde in Aries, your 4th 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 4th house its review touches home, family and roots, and parents.
Mercury enters Virgo on 17 August, your 9th house. Until 3 September, with Mercury in the house of the God, the tradition reads a spell for big questions, good teachers and travel arrangements.
Venus crosses into Virgo on 20 August and so into your 9th house. Until 13 or 14 September, with Venus in the house of the God, the tradition reads a spell for pilgrimages of the pleasant kind and for love that widens your world.
The Sun enters Virgo, your 9th house, on 23 August at 08:14 UTC. Until 23 September, with the Sun in the house of the God, the tradition reads a month that widens the horizon, through a journey, a teacher or a question of faith.
Love, work and money for Capricorn in August
Venus begins August in Leo, your 8th house, and enters Virgo, your 9th, on 20 August, turning affection toward love across distance or difference, and the shared beliefs that hold a couple together.
Mars stays in Libra all month, your 10th house, putting the month’s effort into career direction, promotion, reputation and the people above you, most directly of all the houses.
For money, the New Moon on 2 August falls in your 8th, Mercury arrives in your 8th on 2 August and the Full Moon on 17 August falls in your 2nd: the house of what is shared and owed. The tradition would make August a time to review debts, loans, taxes, insurance and inheritance, other people’s money in your life in Leo’s house, and leave the outcome to your own choices.
Questions to carry through August
- Whom do I trust with the parts of me no one sees?
- Where am I spending to soothe a feeling instead of meeting it?
- What larger meaning orders my choices?
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Common questions
When is the New Moon in August 2027 for Capricorn?
On Monday 2 August at 10:05 UTC, at 9°54′ Leo, in your 8th house of shared money, and on Tuesday 31 August at 17:41 UTC, at 8°06′ Virgo, in your 9th house of travel and study, counting houses by whole signs from Capricorn.
Is Mercury retrograde in August 2027?
No. Mercury moves forward all through August; its next retrograde begins on 7 October in Scorpio, your 11th 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 8th house, and the penumbral lunar eclipse on Tuesday 17 August, greatest at 07:14 UTC, at 24°04′ Aquarius, in your 2nd house.
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