2027 forecast
Leo 2027 horoscope
The Sun goes dark in your sign and you come out brighter
In 2027, Leo gets the two loudest gifts in the sky. Jupiter fills your 1st house of self and image until late July, then moves into your 2nd house of money and worth, and in early August a long total solar eclipse lands in your own sign. Saturn and Neptune in your 9th house, with Pluto and the North Node in your 7th, deepen belief and partnership.
The shape of Leo's 2027
Some years you have to fight for the light. This one opens with Jupiter already in Leo, your 1st house, the house of your body, your face and the way you walk into a room. People notice you sooner. Ideas you shelved for being too big start to look about the right size. Then, in early August, a long total solar eclipse falls in Leo itself, and along a path across North Africa and southern Spain the Sun, your own ruling light, goes black. It is a long and widely watched eclipse, and it belongs, quite literally, to you.
The quieter story runs through other people. Pluto and the North Node sit in your 7th house all year, and the February annular eclipse lands there too, so the people across the table, partners, rivals, the friend who tells you the truth, become the mirror you grow in. Saturn and Neptune, crossing your 9th house, add a slow question under the sparkle, about what you actually believe and how far you would go to find out. From late July, Jupiter's move into your 2nd house begins turning all that shine into something you can hold in your hands.
Leo 2027 at a glance
| What | Where for Leo | When |
|---|---|---|
| Jupiter in Leo | Your 1st house | Until 26 July |
| Jupiter in Virgo | Your 2nd house | From 26 July |
| Saturn in Aries | Your 9th house | All year |
| Neptune in Aries | Your 9th house | All year |
| Uranus in Gemini | Your 11th house | All year |
| Pluto in Aquarius | Your 7th house | All year |
| North Node in Aquarius | Your 7th house | All year |
| Annular solar eclipse in Aquarius | Your 7th house | |
| Penumbral lunar eclipse in Virgo | Your 2nd house | |
| Penumbral lunar eclipse in Capricorn | Your 6th house | |
| Total solar eclipse in Leo | Your 1st house | |
| Penumbral lunar eclipse in Aquarius | Your 7th house |
Houses here are counted from Leo as your 1st, the way Sun sign forecasts are read. Your own chart, with your birth time, places them exactly.
Jupiter in 2027 for Leo
Jupiter in Leo, your 1st house, until late July is the headline of your year. It favours the haircut, the stage, the new name on the door, the version of you that asks first. Jupiter turns direct there in mid April, a good moment to stop rehearsing and start. From late July it steps into your 2nd house, and the question shifts from who you are to what you are worth, from the pay and the savings to the price you put on your time.
Saturn and Neptune for Leo
Your 9th house holds Saturn and Neptune all year, the second year of a new cycle that began when they met at the start of Aries. The 9th rules travel, study and belief, so this is the slow work of deciding what you think rather than borrowing it. Saturn wants the course finished, the forms filled in, the long trip actually booked. Neptune wants the pilgrimage and the poetry. Saturn turns retrograde in early August and direct in late December, so let the plan breathe through autumn.
The 2027 eclipses for Leo
Both ends of the eclipse axis touch your life directly this year, Leo on your 1st house and Aquarius on your 7th. February opens it with an annular solar eclipse across your 7th house, a new chapter with a partner. Then, in early August, the total eclipse falls in Leo itself, daylight briefly turning to twilight along its path, and the mid August lunar eclipse in your 7th answers it. Call it a new beginning for the self, with witnesses.
Love runs through your 7th house all year, where Pluto and the North Node sit, and Venus visits there in March and again from mid December. Venus reaches Leo in late July, just before the eclipse, a gorgeous stretch to be seen exactly as you are. The mid August lunar eclipse in your 7th may bring one relationship question to a head, and honesty will serve you better than performance.
Career gets its New Moon in early May, a Taurus one at the top of your chart, your 10th house, with Venus arriving there the same month, a fine season to pitch, apply or go for the bigger title. Mars spends mid May to mid July working your 2nd house, putting real force behind earning. The Taurus Full Moon in mid November returns to that 10th house and shows what the year has built.
Money is the second act of your year. Jupiter enters your 2nd house in late July, Venus follows in late August and the New Moon in Virgo on the last day of August opens a fresh page for income and savings. The late February lunar eclipse in Virgo, also your 2nd house, is an early nudge to look honestly at what you charge and what you spend.
Home gets its moments rather than a whole season. Full Moons in Scorpio light your 4th house in late April and again in late May, Mars moves through it from early September to mid October, and the New Moon in Scorpio in late October is a good night to decide what home should feel like next year. Mercury turns retrograde there in early October, so let repairs and family talks run slow.
This is Leo's year by Sun sign. Your own chart shows exactly which of your houses Jupiter and Saturn cross, and whether an eclipse lands on one of your planets.
See my own 2027Leo 2027, month by month
January
Midwinter hands you a spotlight. The Full Moon in Leo in late January hits your 1st house like a stage lamp at the end of a long corridor, while Mars, retrograde through your 2nd since earlier in the month, says the big purchase you are talking yourself into can wait. Book the photographer. Buy the coat later.
- Venus enters Sagittarius (your 5th house)
- New Moon in Capricorn (your 6th house)
- Mars turns retrograde in Virgo (your 2nd house)
- Mercury enters Aquarius (your 7th house)
- Full Moon in Leo (your 1st house)
February
Say the honest thing at dinner, slowly, and mean it. One important bond gets a reset when the annular eclipse in early February crosses your 7th house, and a few days later Mercury turns retrograde in your 8th. Near the end of the month Mars walks back into Leo and your 1st house, and patience may run shorter.
- Mercury enters Pisces (your 8th house)
- Venus enters Capricorn (your 6th house)
- Annular solar eclipse in Aquarius (your 7th house)
- Uranus turns direct in Gemini (your 11th house)
- Mercury turns retrograde in Pisces (your 8th house)
- Mercury enters Aquarius (your 7th house)
- Penumbral lunar eclipse in Virgo (your 2nd house)
- Mars enters Leo (your 1st house)
March
The conversation that knotted itself in February loosens now. As March opens Venus moves into your 7th house, the partnership corner, and Mercury turns direct there days later. A Pisces New Moon across your 8th then raises the subject of pooled money and closeness. Have the talk about the joint account, then have the other talk too.
- Venus enters Aquarius (your 7th house)
- Mercury turns direct in Aquarius (your 7th house)
- New Moon in Pisces (your 8th house)
- Mercury enters Pisces (your 8th house)
- Full Moon in Libra (your 3rd house)
- Venus enters Pisces (your 8th house)
April
Spring brings the starting pistol. On the first day of April Mars turns direct in your sign, Jupiter follows in mid April, and an Aries New Moon opens your 9th house, the house of distance and degrees. Whatever you have been circling, a course, a trip, a bold idea about yourself, give it a date.
- Mars turns direct in Leo (your 1st house)
- New Moon in Aries (your 9th house)
- Mercury enters Aries (your 9th house)
- Jupiter turns direct in Leo (your 1st house)
- Venus enters Aries (your 9th house)
- Full Moon in Scorpio (your 4th house)
- Mercury enters Taurus (your 10th house)
May
Write the number down before the meeting. Ambition gets a public stage in early May, when a Taurus New Moon fills your 10th house, the part of the chart everybody can see, Venus arrives there mid month and Mars glides into your 2nd house of earnings that same day. Ask for the rate you quietly know you deserve.
- New Moon in Taurus (your 10th house)
- Pluto turns retrograde in Aquarius (your 7th house)
- Mercury enters Gemini (your 11th house)
- Mars enters Virgo (your 2nd house)
- Venus enters Taurus (your 10th house)
- Full Moon in Scorpio (your 4th house)
- Mercury enters Cancer (your 12th house)
June
Go dancing, badly, under the Sagittarius Full Moon, which beams into your 5th, the house of play. Before that the group chat gets loud, with a Gemini New Moon and Venus both landing among your friends, the 11th house, early in June. Not every message needs an answer tonight, because Mercury turns retrograde through your 12th soon after.
- New Moon in Gemini (your 11th house)
- Venus enters Gemini (your 11th house)
- Mercury turns retrograde in Cancer (your 12th house)
- Full Moon in Sagittarius (your 5th house)
- Mercury enters Gemini (your 11th house)
July
Lights go down before the big show. In early July Venus and a Cancer New Moon both slip into your 12th, the house of sleep, and Neptune turns retrograde in your 9th. Then Jupiter leaves Leo for your 2nd house in late July and Venus walks into your sign the next day. Sleep more than seems reasonable. Backstage counts too.
- Venus enters Cancer (your 12th house)
- New Moon in Cancer (your 12th house)
- Mercury turns direct in Gemini (your 11th house)
- Neptune turns retrograde in Aries (your 9th house)
- Mercury enters Cancer (your 12th house)
- Mars enters Libra (your 3rd house)
- Penumbral lunar eclipse in Capricorn (your 6th house)
- Jupiter enters Virgo (your 2nd house)
- Venus enters Leo (your 1st house)
August
This is your month. In early August the Moon covers the Sun in Leo for one of the longest totalities of the century, right on your 1st house, and Mercury enters Leo the same day. In mid August the lunar eclipse in Aquarius answers from your 7th. Write down who you were that day and who you mean to be by its anniversary.
- Total solar eclipse in Leo (your 1st house)
- Mercury enters Leo (your 1st house)
- Saturn turns retrograde in Aries (your 9th house)
- Mercury enters Virgo (your 2nd house)
- Penumbral lunar eclipse in Aquarius (your 7th house)
- Venus enters Virgo (your 2nd house)
- New Moon in Virgo (your 2nd house)
September
Call your sister, or the friend who feels like one. This month Mercury and Venus both move into Libra, your 3rd house, the street and the siblings, and a New Moon there at the end of September suits the letter you have been drafting in your head. Early in the month Mars moves into your 4th house, stirring the household.
- Mars enters Scorpio (your 4th house)
- Mercury enters Libra (your 3rd house)
- Venus enters Libra (your 3rd house)
- Uranus turns retrograde in Gemini (your 11th house)
- Full Moon in Pisces (your 8th house)
- Mercury enters Scorpio (your 4th house)
- New Moon in Libra (your 3rd house)
October
Under your own roof, things stir. In early October Mercury turns retrograde through your 4th house, Venus settles there the next day, and a Scorpio New Moon closes the month in the same rooms. Leave room for fun, because Mars heads into your 5th house in mid October. Fix the wobbly chair, then host something.
- Mercury turns retrograde in Scorpio (your 4th house)
- Venus enters Scorpio (your 4th house)
- Full Moon in Aries (your 9th house)
- Mars enters Sagittarius (your 5th house)
- Mercury enters Libra (your 3rd house)
- Pluto turns direct in Aquarius (your 7th house)
- Mercury turns direct in Libra (your 3rd house)
- New Moon in Scorpio (your 4th house)
November
Start the novel, the band or the flirtation. On the first of November Venus moves into Sagittarius, your 5th house, where flirting and making things live, and a New Moon there near the end of the month is a fine night to begin. Mid month the Taurus Full Moon shows what your work at the top of the chart has become.
- Venus enters Sagittarius (your 5th house)
- Mercury enters Scorpio (your 4th house)
- Full Moon in Taurus (your 10th house)
- Venus enters Capricorn (your 6th house)
- Mars enters Capricorn (your 6th house)
- New Moon in Sagittarius (your 5th house)
- Mercury enters Sagittarius (your 5th house)
December
Pick the habit before the party, not after. A New Moon in Capricorn in late December lands where Venus and Mars arrived at the end of November, your 6th house of routines, and invites one small daily practice worth keeping. On Christmas Eve Saturn turns direct across your 9th house, and the long plan for study or travel starts moving.
- Full Moon in Gemini (your 11th house)
- Neptune turns direct in Aries (your 9th house)
- Mercury enters Capricorn (your 6th house)
- Venus enters Aquarius (your 7th house)
- Saturn turns direct in Aries (your 9th house)
- New Moon in Capricorn (your 6th house)
Dates are shown for your own time zone. Every date is from Hali's own calculation of the sky.
The brightest stretch
Early April through the total eclipse in Leo in early August is the most supported run of your year, beginning when Mars and then Jupiter turn direct in Leo.
The harder stretch
February asks a lot, with an eclipse across your 7th house and Mercury retrograde in your 8th stirring up questions about partners and shared money. Meet it by talking less and listening longer, and by letting any big decision wait until Mercury turns direct in early March.
Stand at the mirror in your best outfit on the first night of the year and introduce yourself out loud, full name and all, to the person Jupiter is about to back. Then pour something golden and drink to them.
I am allowed to take up the whole frame
Questions about Leo in 2027
What does 2027 hold for Leo?
In 2027, Leo gets the two loudest gifts in the sky. Jupiter fills your 1st house of self and image until late July, then moves into your 2nd house of money and worth, and in early August a long total solar eclipse lands in your own sign. Saturn and Neptune in your 9th house, with Pluto and the North Node in your 7th, deepen belief and partnership.
Is 2027 a good year for Leo?
Early April through the total eclipse in Leo in early August is the most supported run of your year, beginning when Mars and then Jupiter turn direct in Leo. February asks a lot, with an eclipse across your 7th house and Mercury retrograde in your 8th stirring up questions about partners and shared money. Meet it by talking less and listening longer, and by letting any big decision wait until Mercury turns direct in early March.
What do the 2027 eclipses mean for Leo?
Both ends of the eclipse axis touch your life directly this year, Leo on your 1st house and Aquarius on your 7th. February opens it with an annular solar eclipse across your 7th house, a new chapter with a partner. Then, in early August, the total eclipse falls in Leo itself, daylight briefly turning to twilight along its path, and the mid August lunar eclipse in your 7th answers it. Call it a new beginning for the self, with witnesses.
When is Mercury retrograde in 2027?
Mercury is retrograde three times in 2027: 9 February to 3 March (Pisces back into Aquarius), 10 June to 4 July (Cancer back into Gemini), 7 October to 28 October (Scorpio back into Libra). Dates are in UTC and can shift by a day where you are.
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