Capricorn horoscope for July 2027
For Capricorn, July 2027 turns on the penumbral lunar eclipse in Capricorn (across your 1st house) on 18 July. Jupiter entering Virgo (your 9th house) on 26 July and Mercury turning direct in your 6th house on 4 July complete the month’s picture.
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July 2027 for Capricorn at a glance
In July the lunations land as the New Moon in Cancer (your 7th house) on 4 July and the Full Moon in Capricorn (your 1st house) on 18 July. Among the planets, Venus enters your 7th on 3 July, Mercury turns direct in your 6th on 4 July and Mercury enters your 7th on 12 July. In the background, Saturn stays in Aries, your 4th.
| Date | Event | Where | Your house |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 3 Jul | Venus enters Cancer | Cancer | 7th |
| Sun 4 Jul03:02 UTC | New Moon | 11°57′ Cancer | 7th |
| Sun 4 Jul | Mercury stations direct | 27°28′ Gemini | 6th |
| c. Sat 10 Jul | Neptune turns retrograde | 6°39′ Aries | 4th |
| Mon 12 Jul | Mercury enters Cancer | Cancer | 7th |
| Thu 15 Jul | Mars enters Libra | Libra | 10th |
| Sun 18 Jul15:45 UTC | Full Moon, penumbral lunar eclipse | 25°48′ Capricorn | 1st |
| Sun 18 Jul16:03 UTC | Penumbral lunar eclipse, greatest | 25°57′ Capricorn | 1st |
| Fri 23 Jul01:05 UTC | Sun enters Leo | Leo | 8th |
| Mon 26 Jul | Jupiter enters Virgo | Virgo | 9th |
| Tue 27 Jul | Venus enters Leo | Leo | 8th |
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 Cancer, 4 July: your 7th house
The New Moon is exact at 03:02 UTC on Sunday 4 July, at 11°57′ Cancer. Counted by whole signs from Capricorn, Cancer is your 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 July 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 July lunation takes its tone from its sign: Cancer makes the mood tender and watchful, attentive to who is safe and who is not.
A practice for the July New Moon: read a contract or agreement again before you sign or renew it.
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See the year on your own RoadFull Moon in Capricorn, 18 July: your 1st house, penumbral lunar eclipse
On Sunday 18 July the Moon comes full at 25°48′ Capricorn, at 15:45 UTC, facing the Sun in Cancer; for Capricorn it fills the 1st house, the house of the self and the body, from across the 7th.
The tradition reads a Full Moon as a culmination, and the July Full Moon brings it to your 1st house, the Hour-marker in the old books, where it shows the gap between the person you mean to be and the one other people are meeting. In your 1st house this July, Capricorn, cardinal earth ruled by Saturn, gives it a sober and ambitious manner, built for the long climb. With the Sun across the chart in your 7th house, the July Full Moon speaks along the axis of self and partner: how much of the year is yours to steer, and how much is shared.
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 Capricorn it darkens the 1st house. NASA classes it as penumbral, greatest at 16:03 UTC with the Moon at 25°57′ Capricorn in Capricorn’s 1st house, a faint shading rather than a red Moon. The tradition reads a lunar eclipse here as a release: an old self-image loosening its grip, sometimes with relief.
If you want something to do with this July lunation, choose one physical habit to begin, and make it small enough that you will still be doing it next month.
Planets changing sign or direction in July
On 3 July Venus moves into Cancer, which is your 7th house. Until 27 July, with the lesser benefic opposite your own sign, the old books would look here for warmth from partners, clients and even rivals.
Mercury turns direct in Gemini, in your 6th house: the backward loop that began on 10 June ends, and plans that stalled can move again, a little slowly at first. The turn comes on 4 July, at 27°28′ Gemini. For Capricorn what was under review in daily work, and routines and habits can begin to move after 4 July, though the tradition counsels a few more days before signing or launching anything large.
Neptune turns retrograde in Aries, your 4th house, a slow turn spread over several days. The turn comes around 10 July, at 6°39′ Aries, and since a slow planet’s turn is felt over weeks rather than on a day, the tradition would look for it in Capricorn’s parents and private life through July.
Mercury crosses into Cancer on 12 July and so into your 7th house. Until 2 August, with Mercury opposite your own sign, the tradition reads a spell for talking things through with a partner, a client or a rival.
Mars enters Libra on 15 July, your 10th house. Until 2 September, Mars in your 10th house drives ambition: the tradition reads a spell of hard, visible work and of friction with authority.
On 23 July at 01:05 UTC the Sun crosses into Leo, which for Capricorn is the 8th house. Until 23 August, the Sun in your 8th house makes a month for shared money, trust and the deeper end of things.
Jupiter enters Virgo on 26 July, its first change of sign in a year, and moves into your 9th house. Jupiter in your 9th house is read as a year of horizons: travel, study, publishing and faith all widen, and teachers appear.
On 27 July Venus moves into Leo, which is your 8th house. Until 20 August, 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.
Love, work and money for Capricorn in July
Venus begins July in Gemini, your 6th house, and enters Cancer, your 7th, on 3 July, and enters Leo, your 8th, on 27 July, turning affection toward intimacy, trust and the shared life two people build with their money and their secrets. The New Moon on 4 July falls in your 7th, the house of partners and agreements.
Mars, the planet of effort, moves from Virgo, your 9th, into Libra (your 10th) on 15 July, so the drive of the month shifts toward career direction, promotion, reputation and the people above you, most directly of all the houses.
For money, the Sun arrives in your 8th on 23 July and Venus arrives in your 8th on 27 July: the house of what is shared and owed. For Capricorn that points July’s attention to debts, loans, taxes, insurance and inheritance, other people’s money in your life; it is a timing, not a forecast of gain or loss.
Questions to carry through July
- What would make this relationship more honest?
- What is my body asking me to stop ignoring?
- Who helps me, and do they know it?
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Common questions
When is the New Moon in July 2027 for Capricorn?
On Sunday 4 July at 03:02 UTC, at 11°57′ Cancer, in your 7th house of partners, counting houses by whole signs from Capricorn.
Is Mercury retrograde in July 2027?
Yes. For Capricorn, Mercury is retrograde from 10 June at 6°21′ Cancer to 4 July at 27°28′ Gemini, a loop through your 7th and 6th houses.
Is there an eclipse in July 2027?
Yes: the penumbral lunar eclipse on Sunday 18 July, greatest at 16:03 UTC, at 25°57′ Capricorn, in your 1st house.
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