Leo horoscope for August 2027
The heart of August 2027 for Leo is the total solar eclipse in Leo (your 1st house) on 2 August. The penumbral lunar eclipse in Aquarius (across your 7th house) on 17 August and Saturn turning retrograde in your 9th house on 9 August complete the month’s picture.
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August 2027 for Leo at a glance
In August the lunations land as the New Moon in Leo (your 1st house) on 2 August, the Full Moon in Aquarius (your 7th house) on 17 August and the New Moon in Virgo (your 2nd house) on 31 August. Among the planets, Mercury enters your 1st on 2 August, Saturn turns retrograde in your 9th on 9 August and Mercury enters your 2nd on 17 August. In the background, Jupiter holds Virgo, your 2nd house, all month, and Saturn stays in Aries, your 9th.
| Date | Event | Where | Your house |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 2 Aug10:05 UTC | New Moon, total solar eclipse | 9°54′ Leo | 1st |
| Mon 2 Aug10:07 UTC | Total solar eclipse, greatest | 9°55′ Leo | 1st |
| Mon 2 Aug | Mercury enters Leo | Leo | 1st |
| Mon 9 Aug | Saturn stations retrograde | 27°52′ Aries | 9th |
| Tue 17 Aug | Mercury enters Virgo | Virgo | 2nd |
| Tue 17 Aug07:14 UTC | Penumbral lunar eclipse, greatest | 24°04′ Aquarius | 7th |
| Tue 17 Aug07:29 UTC | Full Moon, penumbral lunar eclipse | 24°11′ Aquarius | 7th |
| Fri 20 Aug | Venus enters Virgo | Virgo | 2nd |
| Mon 23 Aug08:14 UTC | Sun enters Virgo | Virgo | 2nd |
| Tue 31 Aug17:41 UTC | New Moon | 8°06′ Virgo | 2nd |
Houses are counted by whole signs from your Sun sign (Leo is your 1st, Virgo 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 1st house, total solar eclipse
The New Moon is exact at 10:05 UTC on Monday 2 August, at 9°54′ Leo, in Leo itself: counted by whole signs, your own sign is the 1st house, the house of the self and the body.
Astrologers treat the New Moon as the month’s quiet beginning; in August that beginning is made in your 1st house, the place the Hellenistic astrologers called the Hour-marker, and it is read as a beginning that is about you rather than about anyone else, the kind of resolve that needs no permission. In your 1st house this August, Leo, fixed fire ruled by the Sun, gives it a warm and wholehearted manner that wants to be seen.
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 Leo that happens in the 1st house. NASA classes it as total; for Leo 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 Hour-marker is read as a turning in the self: a change of look, of health habits or of the way you introduce yourself to the world. Read the total solar eclipse for Leo in full.
If you want something to do with this August lunation, look at the first impression you give, in a photograph, a profile or an introduction, and ask whether it is still accurate.
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See the year on your own RoadFull Moon in Aquarius, 17 August: your 7th 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 Leo the Moon lights your 7th house, the house of partners and agreements, while the Sun stands across in your 1st.
The tradition reads a Full Moon as a culmination, and the August Full Moon brings it to your 7th house, the Setting in the old books, where it shows the balance of give and take in a partnership or an agreement. For Leo this August, 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 1st house, the August 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 Leo it darkens the 7th house. NASA classes it as penumbral, greatest at 07:14 UTC with the Moon at 24°04′ Aquarius in Leo’s 7th house, a faint shading rather than a red Moon. With the Moon eclipsed opposite your own sign, the old counsel is to listen for the need underneath someone else’s complaint.
A practice for the August Full Moon: plan time with a partner that is not about logistics.
New Moon in Virgo, 31 August: your 2nd house
On Tuesday 31 August the Moon and the Sun meet at 8°06′ Virgo, at 17:41 UTC; for Leo that degree lies in the 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. Set in your 2nd house, the August lunation takes its tone from its sign: Virgo makes the mood useful and discerning, ready to sort and to mend.
A practice for the August New Moon: notice when you talk yourself down about money, and stop mid-sentence.
Planets changing sign or direction in August
Mercury crosses into Leo on 2 August and so into your 1st house. Until 17 August, with Mercury, who rejoices in the 1st house, in your own sign, the tradition reads a sharp, restless spell, good for decisions about yourself.
Saturn turns retrograde in Aries, in your 9th 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 9th house its review touches faith and belief, long journeys, and higher learning.
On 17 August Mercury moves into Virgo, which is your 2nd house. Until 3 September, Mercury in your 2nd house turns the mind toward money: budgets, prices, invoices and the arithmetic of what you value.
Venus crosses into Virgo on 20 August and so into your 2nd house. Until 13 or 14 September, Venus in your 2nd house puts love and money in the same room: a spell for enjoying what you have and for spending with taste rather than impulse.
On 23 August at 08:14 UTC the Sun crosses into Virgo, which for Leo is the 2nd house. Until 23 September, the Sun in your 2nd house puts money, possessions and self-worth in the light, a month for the practical side of a life.
Love, work and money for Leo in August
Venus begins August in Leo, your 1st house, and enters Virgo, your 2nd, on 20 August, turning affection toward what you give and receive in love, and whether affection is being bought or freely offered. The Full Moon on 17 August falls in your 7th, the house of partners and agreements.
Mars stays in Libra all month, your 3rd house, putting the month’s effort into emails, contracts, writing and the everyday traffic of a working week.
For money, Mercury arrives in your 2nd on 17 August, Venus arrives in your 2nd on 20 August and the Sun arrives in your 2nd on 23 August: the house of what you earn and own. Read August as a time for looking at income, savings, spending and possessions, most directly of all the houses, without expecting the sky to settle the sums for you.
Questions to carry through August
- Where am I starting things out of habit rather than desire?
- Is this agreement fair to both of us?
- What do I value enough to protect?
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Common questions
When is the New Moon in August 2027 for Leo?
On Monday 2 August at 10:05 UTC, at 9°54′ Leo, in your 1st house of self, and on Tuesday 31 August at 17:41 UTC, at 8°06′ Virgo, in your 2nd house of money, counting houses by whole signs from Leo.
Is Mercury retrograde in August 2027?
No. Mercury moves forward all through August; its next retrograde begins on 7 October in Scorpio, your 4th 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 1st house, and the penumbral lunar eclipse on Tuesday 17 August, greatest at 07:14 UTC, at 24°04′ Aquarius, in your 7th house.
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