Leo horoscope for July 2027
July 2027 asks the most of Leo through the penumbral lunar eclipse in Capricorn (across your 6th house) on 18 July. Jupiter entering Virgo (your 2nd house) on 26 July and the Sun entering your sign on 23 July complete the month’s picture.
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July 2027 for Leo at a glance
July brings the New Moon in Cancer (your 12th house) on 4 July and the Full Moon in Capricorn (your 6th house) on 18 July. Among the planets, Venus enters your 12th on 3 July, Mercury turns direct in your 11th on 4 July and Mercury enters your 12th on 12 July. In the background, Saturn stays in Aries, your 9th.
| Date | Event | Where | Your house |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 3 Jul | Venus enters Cancer | Cancer | 12th |
| Sun 4 Jul03:02 UTC | New Moon | 11°57′ Cancer | 12th |
| Sun 4 Jul | Mercury stations direct | 27°28′ Gemini | 11th |
| c. Sat 10 Jul | Neptune turns retrograde | 6°39′ Aries | 9th |
| Mon 12 Jul | Mercury enters Cancer | Cancer | 12th |
| Thu 15 Jul | Mars enters Libra | Libra | 3rd |
| Sun 18 Jul15:45 UTC | Full Moon, penumbral lunar eclipse | 25°48′ Capricorn | 6th |
| Sun 18 Jul16:03 UTC | Penumbral lunar eclipse, greatest | 25°57′ Capricorn | 6th |
| Fri 23 Jul01:05 UTC | Sun enters Leo | Leo | 1st |
| Mon 26 Jul | Jupiter enters Virgo | Virgo | 2nd |
| Tue 27 Jul | Venus enters Leo | Leo | 1st |
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 Cancer, 4 July: your 12th house
The New Moon is exact at 03:02 UTC on Sunday 4 July, at 11°57′ Cancer. Counted by whole signs from Leo, Cancer is your 12th house, the house of rest, solitude and the hidden life.
Astrology reads the New Moon as the time to start small and mean it, and in July the small start belongs to your 12th house, the Bad Spirit: an intention made in private and kept in private, which is often the strongest kind. Set in your 12th house, the July lunation takes its tone from its sign: Cancer, cardinal water ruled by the Moon, gives it a protective, homeward manner.
If you want something to do with this July lunation, take a day of real rest, without making it productive.
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See the year on your own RoadFull Moon in Capricorn, 18 July: your 6th 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 Leo it fills the 6th house, the house of daily work, habits and health routines, from across the 12th.
A Full Moon is read as an illumination, and the July Full Moon shines into your 6th house, Bad Fortune, where it shows what the body has been saying through tiredness, and what it needs you to change. In your 6th house this July, Capricorn lends it structure, endurance and dry humor. Read as an axis, from your 6th house to your 12th, this July Full Moon runs along the axis of work and rest: the duties of the day and the retreat that restores you.
Astronomically the July 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 6th house. NASA classes it as penumbral, greatest at 16:03 UTC with the Moon at 25°57′ Capricorn in Leo’s 6th house, a faint shading rather than a red Moon. The tradition reads the darkened Moon here as tiredness telling the truth, and it counsels rest before reorganizing.
If you want something to do with this July lunation, book the check-up or the appointment you have been putting off.
Planets changing sign or direction in July
Venus enters Cancer on 3 July, your 12th house. Until 27 July, Venus in your 12th house keeps love private: secret affections, quiet kindness and the pleasure of rest.
Mercury stations direct in Gemini, your 11th house, and begins to move forward again, closing the loop it began on 10 June. The turn comes on 4 July, at 27°28′ Gemini. From 4 July the matters of your 11th house, groups and communities, and hopes for the future among them, are read as ready to move forward again, gently at first.
Neptune turns retrograde in Aries, your 9th 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 Leo’s higher learning, and teachers and teaching through July.
Mercury crosses into Cancer on 12 July and so into your 12th house. Until 2 August, Mercury in your 12th house turns the mind inward: private thinking, research, journaling and conversations held behind closed doors.
On 15 July Mars moves into Libra, which is your 3rd house. Until 2 September, with Mars in your house of words, the tradition reads a spell for speaking up and for counting to ten before replying.
The Sun enters Leo, your 1st house, on 23 July at 01:05 UTC. Until 23 August, with the Sun in your own sign the year turns over for you personally, which makes it a natural time to take stock and begin again.
Jupiter enters Virgo on 26 July, its first change of sign in a year, and moves into your 2nd house. Jupiter in your 2nd house is read as a widening of means: income has more room to grow, and so does spending, which is why the old books counsel stewardship here.
Venus enters Leo on 27 July, your 1st house. Until 20 August, Venus in your 1st house lends grace to how you carry yourself: a spell when charm comes easily and others warm to you more readily.
Love, work and money for Leo in July
Venus begins July in Gemini, your 11th house, and enters Cancer, your 12th, on 3 July, and enters Leo, your 1st, on 27 July, turning affection toward how you present yourself to someone new, and how much of yourself you let a partner see.
Mars, the planet of effort, moves from Virgo, your 2nd, into Libra (your 3rd) on 15 July, so the drive of the month shifts toward emails, contracts, writing and the everyday traffic of a working week. The Full Moon on 18 July lands in your 6th, a house the tradition gives to work and health.
For money, Jupiter arrives in your 2nd on 26 July: the house of what you earn and own. For Leo that points July’s attention to income, savings, spending and possessions, most directly of all the houses; it is a timing, not a forecast of gain or loss.
Questions to carry through July
- Where do I need rest more than I need answers?
- What pattern is shaping my life through repetition?
- What cause would I give a Saturday to?
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Common questions
When is the New Moon in July 2027 for Leo?
On Sunday 4 July at 03:02 UTC, at 11°57′ Cancer, in your 12th house of rest, counting houses by whole signs from Leo.
Is Mercury retrograde in July 2027?
Yes. For Leo, Mercury is retrograde from 10 June at 6°21′ Cancer to 4 July at 27°28′ Gemini, a loop through your 12th and 11th 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 6th house.
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