Virgo horoscope for August 2027
August 2027 asks the most of Virgo through the total solar eclipse in Leo (your 12th house) on 2 August. The penumbral lunar eclipse in Aquarius (across your 6th house) on 17 August and the New Moon in your own sign on 31 August complete the month’s picture.
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August 2027 for Virgo at a glance
The Moon’s turns this month fall for Virgo as the New Moon in Leo (your 12th house) on 2 August, the Full Moon in Aquarius (your 6th house) on 17 August and the New Moon in Virgo (your 1st house) on 31 August. Among the planets, Mercury enters your 12th on 2 August, Saturn turns retrograde in your 8th on 9 August and Mercury enters your 1st on 17 August. In the background, Jupiter holds Virgo, your 1st house, all month, and Saturn stays in Aries, your 8th.
| Date | Event | Where | Your house |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 2 Aug10:05 UTC | New Moon, total solar eclipse | 9°54′ Leo | 12th |
| Mon 2 Aug10:07 UTC | Total solar eclipse, greatest | 9°55′ Leo | 12th |
| Mon 2 Aug | Mercury enters Leo | Leo | 12th |
| Mon 9 Aug | Saturn stations retrograde | 27°52′ Aries | 8th |
| Tue 17 Aug | Mercury enters Virgo | Virgo | 1st |
| Tue 17 Aug07:14 UTC | Penumbral lunar eclipse, greatest | 24°04′ Aquarius | 6th |
| Tue 17 Aug07:29 UTC | Full Moon, penumbral lunar eclipse | 24°11′ Aquarius | 6th |
| Fri 20 Aug | Venus enters Virgo | Virgo | 1st |
| Mon 23 Aug08:14 UTC | Sun enters Virgo | Virgo | 1st |
| Tue 31 Aug17:41 UTC | New Moon | 8°06′ Virgo | 1st |
Houses are counted by whole signs from your Sun sign (Virgo is your 1st, Libra 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 12th house, total solar eclipse
On Monday 2 August the Moon and the Sun meet at 9°54′ Leo, at 10:05 UTC; for Virgo that degree lies in the 12th house, the house of rest, solitude and the hidden life.
The tradition reads a New Moon as a seed rather than a harvest, and the August seed falls in your 12th house, the Bad Spirit of the old books: a quiet beginning in the inner life: a practice of prayer, rest or retreat. In your 12th house this August, Leo lends it warmth, courage and a little theater.
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 Virgo it falls in the 12th house. NASA classes it as total; for Virgo 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 twelfth house is read as a turning in the hidden life: an old pattern ending, a retreat taken or a private burden finally set down. Read the total solar eclipse for Virgo in full.
One way for Virgo to meet it in August: spend ten honest minutes without performance, noise or explanation.
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See the year on your own RoadFull Moon in Aquarius, 17 August: your 6th house, penumbral lunar eclipse
Tuesday 17 August brings the Full Moon at 24°11′ Aquarius, exact at 07:29 UTC, opposite the Sun in Leo, and for Virgo it lands in the 6th house, the house of daily work, habits and health routines.
A Full Moon is read as an illumination, and the August Full Moon shines into your 6th house, Bad Fortune, where it shows whether your daily routine is serving you or slowly wearing you down. For Virgo this August, Aquarius, fixed air ruled by Saturn in the old books, gives it an independent and principled manner. Read as an axis, from your 6th house to your 12th, this August Full Moon runs along the axis of work and rest: the duties of the day and the retreat that restores you.
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 6th house. NASA classes it as penumbral, greatest at 07:14 UTC with the Moon at 24°04′ Aquarius in Virgo’s 6th house, a faint shading rather than a red Moon. With the Moon eclipsed in your house of daily work, the old counsel is to finish what is unfinished before taking on anything new.
If you want something to do with this August lunation, book the check-up or the appointment you have been putting off.
New Moon in Virgo, 31 August: your 1st house
The New Moon is exact at 17:41 UTC on Tuesday 31 August, at 8°06′ Virgo, in Virgo 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 reset of the plain daily question of who you are when nobody is asking anything of you. Set in your 1st house, the August lunation takes its tone from its sign: Virgo lends it precision, modesty and service.
A practice for the August New Moon: 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 August
On 2 August Mercury moves into Leo, which is your 12th house. Until 17 August, Mercury in your 12th house turns the mind inward: private thinking, research, journaling and conversations held behind closed doors.
Saturn stations retrograde in Aries, your 8th 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 8th house its review touches shared money and debts, inheritance, and intimacy and trust.
On 17 August Mercury moves into Virgo, which is your 1st house. Until 3 September, with Mercury, who rejoices in the 1st house, in your own sign, the tradition reads a sharp, restless spell, good for decisions about yourself.
Venus crosses into Virgo on 20 August and so into your 1st house. Until 13 or 14 September, with the lesser benefic in your own sign, the tradition reads a favorable spell for appearance, self-care and new attractions.
The Sun enters Virgo, your 1st house, on 23 August at 08:14 UTC. Until 23 September, 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.
Love, work and money for Virgo in August
Venus begins August in Leo, your 12th house, and enters Virgo, your 1st, on 20 August, turning affection toward how you present yourself to someone new, and how much of yourself you let a partner see.
Mars stays in Libra all month, your 2nd house, putting the month’s effort into your earnings and the price you put on your work. The Full Moon on 17 August lands in your 6th, a house the tradition gives to work and health.
For money, Saturn turns retrograde in your 8th on 9 August: 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 Aries’s house, and leave the outcome to your own choices.
Questions to carry through August
- What is God asking me to release in secret?
- Who helps me, and do they know it?
- What would I begin if I did not need anyone’s permission?
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Common questions
When is the New Moon in August 2027 for Virgo?
On Monday 2 August at 10:05 UTC, at 9°54′ Leo, in your 12th house of rest, and on Tuesday 31 August at 17:41 UTC, at 8°06′ Virgo, in your 1st house of self, counting houses by whole signs from Virgo.
Is Mercury retrograde in August 2027?
No. Mercury moves forward all through August; its next retrograde begins on 7 October in Scorpio, your 3rd 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 12th house, and the penumbral lunar eclipse on Tuesday 17 August, greatest at 07:14 UTC, at 24°04′ Aquarius, in your 6th house.
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