Leo Horoscope 2027: Your Year Month by Month and Decan by Decan

For Leo, 2027 opens in the spotlight. Jupiter entered your sign on June 30, 2026 and stays until July 26, 2027: twelve years after its last visit, the planet of expansion is working directly on you, your presence, the way you take up space. What you show of yourself finds an audience more easily. But Jupiter magnifies everything, confidence as much as appetite and promises: the first half asks for as much discernment as daring.

Then the set changes. Jupiter moves on into Virgo, your 2nd house of money, and a total eclipse lands in your sign on August 2: the Sun, your ruling planet, is eclipsed in its own sign, right in the middle of Leo season. Add Mars retrograde in your sign at the end of winter, Saturn and Neptune trine you from your 9th house, and you have the year of a Leo asked to make visibility last. Seven months to show yourself, five to reap.

Your 2027 sky: where the slow planets are

To read a sign’s year, you give it the 1st house: Virgo becomes your 2nd house, Libra your 3rd, and so on around to Cancer, in the 12th. The slow planets linger for months in each of these sectors and set the background of your 2027.

For a Leo, this sky is generous. Jupiter in your sign amplifies everything, confidence and excess alike. Saturn and Neptune share your 9th house, trine your sign: study, travel, writing and your philosophy of life become demanding, inspired sources of support. Uranus in Gemini, in sextile, refreshes your friendships. No slow planet squares Leo; the only tense face-off comes from Pluto, in Aquarius since November 2024, in your 7th house: your close relationships are being transformed at depth. South Node in your sign, North Node across from it: the year moves you from “me” to “us.”

Leo in 2027: before and after July 26

Until July 26: show yourself. Jupiter crosses your 1st house, the house of body, presence and personal drive. You are more visible, more listened to, and more tempted to take on everything. The half-year starts slowly, with Jupiter retrograde until late on April 12 and Mars retrograde joining you on February 21. Spring brings the real momentum: with the Jupiter–Saturn trine of April 3, repeated on July 11, the positions you take gain backing: teaching, a project abroad, a cause.

After July 26: make it concrete. Jupiter moves into Virgo, your 2nd house: income, possessions, skills you can sell, self-worth. Expansion is no longer about your image but about what it brings in. On August 2, the total eclipse in your sign seals the first half: a role may end to make room for a truer version of you. The South Node in Leo then asks you to share the spotlight rather than keep it.

Leo decan by decan

Jupiter, Saturn and Mars don’t reach every Leo at the same moment: it all depends on the degree of your Sun. The boundaries shown hold for most years, give or take a day; for the exact degree of your Sun, calculate your birth chart.

1st decan (July 23 – August 1): the year everything connects

The first decan is at the heart of the year. Saturn’s trine ends on January 28, but Neptune stays in trine and Uranus in sextile all year; Pluto, for its part, opposes you. The aspects among these three slow planets (Uranus–Neptune on January 15 and June 6, Uranus–Pluto on June 15, Neptune–Pluto on June 28 and October 16) all form on your degrees: inspiration, new friendships, a widening horizon. The opposition, coming from your 7th house, works through other people: a partner or associate with whom the balance of power needs to change. Jupiter doesn’t touch you this year; the Full Moon of January 22 and the eclipse of August 2, on your last degree, mark your two high points.

2nd decan (August 2–12): the year of spring

The second decan has its best moment in spring. Saturn supports it by trine from January 28 to April 26, and Jupiter passes over its degrees from February 26 to May 28, never dropping below 17°: the end of the decan is the best served. The exact Jupiter–Saturn trine of April 3 falls at 17°08′ Leo, and Jupiter turns direct late on April 12 at 17°00′: two dates to launch a personal project, speak up, start a course. The annular eclipse of February 6, opposite your degrees from the 7th house, first asks you to clarify a relationship. After May 28, no slow planet touches you.

3rd decan (August 13–22): the densest year

The third decan receives Jupiter until February 26, then from May 28 to July 26, and Saturn in trine from April 26. In between, Mars retrograde occupies your degrees from February 21 to April 1, stations at 20°56′, then crosses them again until May 14: energy that comes and goes, desires called into question. The Jupiter–Saturn trine of July 11, at 27°10′, is your standout date: a long commitment, a degree, a project far from home finds its structure. The lunar eclipse of August 17, at 24°04′ Aquarius, opposes your Sun around your birthday: a review for two. Saturn turns direct on the evening of December 23 at 21°01′, still in trine.

Your 2027, month by month

Each month starts with its dated milestones, in Eastern Time (New York); the paragraph that follows reads them from Leo, using your solar houses.

January: money under review

• 7 3:53 am Venus enters Sagittarius · 5th house
• 7 3:25 pm New Moon at 17°18′ Capricorn · 6th house
• 10 8:00 am Mars turns retrograde at 10°26′ Virgo · 2nd house
• 15 2:21 am Uranus sextile Neptune · 11th and 9th houses
• 20 2:30 am Sun enters Aquarius · 7th house
• 22 7:17 am Full Moon at 2°15′ Leo · 1st house

Mars turns retrograde on January 10 at 10°26′ Virgo, in your 2nd house: income, spending, what you think you are worth. A purchase or a rate gets renegotiated: until spring, revise rather than decide. Jupiter, retrograde in your sign since December 12, 2026, has you rework what the fall set in motion. The Full Moon of the 22nd, at 2°15′ of your sign, lights up the 1st decan: a source of pride or of fatigue to look squarely in the eye. Venus in Sagittarius, from the 7th, warms up your leisure time and your love life in the 5th house. On the 15th, the Uranus–Neptune sextile links your friends to your ideals.

February: the other person takes the stage

• 3 9:30 am Venus enters Capricorn · 6th house
• 6 10:59 am Annular solar eclipse at 17°38′ Aquarius · 7th house
• 8 7:22 am Uranus turns direct at 1°41′ Gemini · 11th house
• 9 12:35 pm Mercury turns retrograde at 5°59′ Pisces · 8th house
• 18 4:33 pm Sun enters Pisces · 8th house
• 20 6:12 pm Penumbral lunar eclipse at 1°59′ Virgo · 2nd house
• 21 9:15 am Mars, retrograde, returns to Leo · 1st house

The annular eclipse of February 6, at 17°38′ Aquarius, opens a chapter in your 7th house: a couple redefining its rules, a partnership, a contract. From February 9 to March 3, three planets are retrograde at once, Mercury, Mars and Jupiter, the last one in your sign. Mercury retrograde starts in your 8th house (shared money, debts) and backs into your 7th house on the 18th: reread anything that needs two signatures. On the evening of the 20th, the penumbral eclipse at 1°59′ Virgo takes stock of your budget, and Mars retrograde returns to your sign the next morning. Uranus, direct on the 8th, revives a project with friends.

March: patience in your own sign

• 1 1:32 am Venus enters Aquarius · 7th house
• 3 7:34 am Mercury turns direct at 20°55′ Aquarius · 7th house
• 8 4:30 am New Moon at 17°35′ Pisces · 8th house
• 20 4:24 pm Sun enters Aries · 9th house
• 22 6:44 am Full Moon at 1°35′ Libra · 3rd house
• 26 4:16 am Venus enters Pisces · 8th house

Mars retrograde backs through your sign all month, over the degrees of the 3rd decan: energy drops, impatience rises, an old desire resurfaces. Rather than forcing a personal decision, look at why it has such a hold on you. Mercury turns direct on the 3rd in your 7th house, where Venus stays from the 1st to the 26th: your relationship and your negotiations find a gentler tone. The Sun enters Aries on the 20th at 4:24 pm, in your 9th house, where Saturn and Neptune are waiting: an urge to learn, to travel, to believe. The Full Moon of the 22nd in Libra, in your 3rd house, frees up something you had held back from saying.

April: the month everything lines up

• 1 10:11 am Mars turns direct at 20°56′ Leo · 1st house
• 3 9:22 am Jupiter trine Saturn · 1st and 9th houses
• 6 7:51 pm New Moon at 16°57′ Aries · 9th house
• 12 10:13 pm Jupiter turns direct at 17°00′ Leo · 1st house
• 19 11:56 pm Venus enters Aries · 9th house
• 20 3:17 am Sun enters Taurus · 10th house
• 20 6:27 pm Full Moon at 0°37′ Scorpio · 4th house

This is your month. Mars turns direct on April 1, at 20°56′ of your sign: your drive returns. Two days later, Jupiter in your sign forms an exact trine to Saturn in your 9th house: study, publishing, travel or a conviction worth defending gains structure. The Aries New Moon on the evening of the 6th plants seeds in that sector. Jupiter turns direct late on the 12th at 17°00′, and no planet is retrograde from April 12 to May 8: three and a half weeks with no brakes. Venus enters Aries just before midnight on the 19th and softens the whole picture; a few hours later, the Sun enters Taurus and lights up your career.

May: your career in the window

• 6 6:59 am New Moon at 15°43′ Taurus · 10th house
• 8 8:14 am Pluto turns retrograde at 7°11′ Aquarius · 7th house
• 14 10:47 am Mars enters Virgo · 2nd house
• 14 5:01 pm Venus enters Taurus · 10th house
• 20 6:59 am Full Moon at 29°14′ Scorpio · 4th house
• 21 2:17 am Sun enters Gemini · 11th house

The Taurus New Moon of May 6, in your 10th house, is the right day to set a career ambition: a position, an application, a project that puts you out there. Venus joins that sector on the 14th, until June 8: your reputation benefits from your charm. The same day, Mars moves into Virgo, your 2nd house: your energy turns toward what you earn. Pluto turns retrograde on May 8 in your 7th house: a relationship gets worked on from the inside until October. The Mars–Uranus square on the evening of the 28th can upend a budget or a project you’re running with friends.

June: friends and backstage

• 4 3:40 pm New Moon at 13°58′ Gemini · 11th house
• 6 8:03 am Uranus sextile Neptune · 11th and 9th houses
• 8 8:31 am Venus enters Gemini · 11th house
• 10 2:18 pm Mercury turns retrograde at 6°22′ Cancer · 12th house
• 15 4:01 am Uranus trine Pluto · 11th and 7th houses
• 18 8:45 pm Full Moon at 27°34′ Sagittarius · 5th house
• 21 10:10 am Sun enters Cancer · 12th house
• 28 4:34 pm Neptune sextile Pluto · 9th and 7th houses

June plays out in your 11th house: the Gemini New Moon of the 4th and Venus, which enters that sign on the 8th, favor friendships, groups and shared projects. On the 15th, Uranus in Gemini trines Pluto in Aquarius, between your 11th and 7th houses: networks and partnerships transform together. Mercury is retrograde from June 10 to July 4, from Cancer (12th house) back into Gemini (11th house): sleep and things left unsaid, then group messages to reread. The Sagittarius Full Moon on the evening of the 18th lights up your 5th house: a pleasure, a creation.

July: Jupiter hands over to the Sun

• 2 10:00 pm Venus enters Cancer · 12th house
• 3 11:02 pm New Moon at 11°57′ Cancer · 12th house
• 4 3:40 pm Mercury turns direct at 27°28′ Gemini · 11th house
• 9 6:50 pm Neptune turns retrograde at 6°40′ Aries · 9th house
• 11 6:45 pm Jupiter trine Saturn · 1st and 9th houses
• 15 1:40 am Mars enters Libra · 3rd house
• 18 11:45 am Full Moon at 25°49′ Capricorn · 6th house
• 22 9:04 pm Sun enters Leo · 1st house
• 26 12:45 am Jupiter enters Virgo · 2nd house
• 27 8:29 am Venus enters Leo · 1st house

A quiet start to the month: Venus in Cancer from the evening of the 2nd and the New Moon late on the 3rd, in your 12th house, invite rest before your season. On the 11th comes the second Jupiter–Saturn trine, at 27°10′, for the 3rd decan: what has been built since April takes shape. Mars enters Libra on the 15th, in your 3rd house: messages and errands speed up. The Sun, your ruler, enters your sign on the 22nd at 9:04 pm; on the 26th at 12:45 am, Jupiter leaves it for your 2nd house. Venus joins you on the 27th: your birthday has charm.

August: an eclipse in your sign

• 2 6:06 am Total solar eclipse at 9°55′ Leo · 1st house
• 2 6:52 am Mercury enters Leo · 1st house
• 9 1:52 pm Saturn turns retrograde at 27°53′ Aries · 9th house
• 17 3:13 am Penumbral lunar eclipse at 24°04′ Aquarius · 7th house
• 20 3:41 pm Venus enters Virgo · 2nd house
• 23 4:13 am Sun enters Virgo · 2nd house
• 31 1:41 pm New Moon at 8°06′ Virgo · 2nd house

The total solar eclipse of August 2, at 9°55′ Leo, is the strongest moment of your year. It completes the cycle that began when Jupiter crossed the threshold of your sign in June 2026: a self-image, a role or a need for recognition has run its course and needs to evolve. None of it can be seen from North America: totality crosses southern Spain, North Africa and Egypt, and the next total eclipse over the contiguous United States comes on August 23, 2044. Saturn turns retrograde on the 9th in your 9th house. On the 17th, the lunar eclipse at 24°04′ Aquarius lights up your 7th house: a review for two. On the 23rd at 4:13 am, the Sun leaves your sign for your 2nd house.

September: money and networks talk to each other

• 1 9:51 pm Mars enters Scorpio · 4th house
• 10 12:36 pm Jupiter square Uranus · 2nd and 11th houses
• 13 8:24 pm Venus enters Libra · 3rd house
• 15 5:15 am Uranus turns retrograde at 9°57′ Gemini · 11th house
• 15 7:04 pm Full Moon at 22°53′ Pisces · 8th house
• 23 2:01 am Sun enters Libra · 3rd house
• 29 10:36 pm New Moon at 6°43′ Libra · 3rd house

The Jupiter–Uranus square of September 10, at 9°57′, links your 2nd house and your 11th: a platform, a client introduced by a friend, a group project can change the way you make a living, as long as you don’t bet everything on a promise. Uranus turns retrograde five days later at the same degree: the change matures before it settles in. Mars in Scorpio, from the evening of the 1st, heats up your 4th house: home, family, renovations. Venus in Libra from the 13th, then the New Moon late on the 29th, make exchanges flow more easily: a good month to write, negotiate, reconnect.

October: home comes first

• 7 10:40 am Mercury turns retrograde at 4°56′ Scorpio · 4th house
• 7 11:58 pm Venus enters Scorpio · 4th house
• 15 9:47 am Full Moon at 21°59′ Aries · 9th house
• 15 7:13 pm Mars enters Sagittarius · 5th house
• 16 2:03 pm Neptune sextile Pluto · 9th and 7th houses
• 17 11:51 pm Pluto turns direct at 4°45′ Aquarius · 7th house
• 23 11:32 am Sun enters Scorpio · 4th house
• 28 10:10 am Mercury turns direct at 19°19′ Libra · 3rd house
• 29 9:37 am New Moon at 5°54′ Scorpio · 4th house

Mercury is retrograde from October 7 to 28, from Scorpio (4th house) back into Libra (3rd house): family and housing, then conversations with the people around you, need a second read. The Aries Full Moon of the 15th, at 21°59′, speaks to your 9th house and to the 3rd decan: a trip, a training program or a conviction reaches maturity. On the evening of the 15th, Mars enters Sagittarius, your 5th house: pleasure, romance and creativity get their fire back, and its trine to Neptune on the 22nd inspires. Pluto turns direct late on the 17th: a relationship comes out of the shadows.

November: the heart takes over again

• 1 3:34 am Venus enters Sagittarius · 5th house
• 13 10:26 pm Full Moon at 21°32′ Taurus · 10th house
• 22 8:16 am Sun enters Sagittarius · 5th house
• 25 6:59 am Venus enters Capricorn · 6th house
• 25 1:37 pm Mars enters Capricorn · 6th house
• 27 10:24 pm New Moon at 5°39′ Sagittarius · 5th house

Your 5th house is the center of the month: Mars has been there since October 15, Venus enters it on the 1st, the Sun on the 22nd, and the New Moon of the 27th falls there too. Love, children, leisure, creativity: you find your natural warmth again. On the 15th, Mars in Sagittarius trines Saturn in Aries, at 22°18′: with the degrees of the 3rd decan, the three fire signs answer one another. Late that same evening, the Mars–Jupiter square warns you not to spend beyond the pleasure. On the 25th, Venus and Mars move into Capricorn, your 6th house.

December: preparing 2028 without scattering yourself

• 13 11:09 am Full Moon at 21°25′ Gemini · 11th house
• 15 4:43 am Neptune turns direct at 3°51′ Aries · 9th house
• 19 1:39 pm Venus enters Aquarius · 7th house
• 21 9:42 pm Sun enters Capricorn · 6th house
• 23 9:49 pm Saturn turns direct at 21°01′ Aries · 9th house
• 27 3:12 pm New Moon at 5°50′ Capricorn · 6th house

Mars in Capricorn occupies your 6th house all month: files to close, energy to pace. Neptune (on the 15th), then Saturn (on the 23rd at 9:49 pm, at 21°01′ Aries) turn direct in your 9th house: a decision about study, travel or a belief, matured since summer, can move forward. Venus moves into Aquarius on the 19th, your 7th house: the end of the year favors your relationship and agreements. The Capricorn New Moon of the 27th sets an intention for your rhythm in 2028, when Jupiter stays in your 2nd house until August 24.

Love, work, energy: what 2027 asks of you

Love

In 2027, Leo love plays out on the me–us axis. Jupiter in your sign makes you magnetic in the first half, but the North Node and two eclipses (February 6 and August 17) fall in your 7th house, where Pluto has been at work since late 2024: the year asks you to make real room for the other person. Venus, never retrograde this year, offers three windows: March 1 to 26, Venus in Aquarius softens negotiations between you; July 27 to August 20, Venus in your sign adds seduction to your season; November 1 to 25, Venus and Mars together in your 5th house wake up the playful side. When Mars backs through your sign, from February 21 to April 1, desire hesitates: don’t seal anything too fast.

Work and money

The first half makes you visible; the second has to make it pay. From July 26, Jupiter in Virgo expands your 2nd house: income, rates, material security, confidence in what you are worth. This is the time to put a fair price on a talent revealed in spring. Before that, Mars retrograde in that same house, from January 10, slows money decisions. For your career, May is the key month (Taurus New Moon on the 6th, Venus in your 10th house from May 14 to June 8). Saturn and Neptune in your 9th house favor training, teaching, publishing or anything abroad. On September 10, the Jupiter–Uranus square can shift a source of income: check before you follow a burst of enthusiasm.

Energy and rhythm

Jupiter in your sign gives you drive, but also pushes you to overdo it: meals, nights out, commitments. Your energy follows your ruler, the Sun, and Mars: the low point runs from February 21 to April 1, when Mars backs through your sign; the peaks come in April and then during your season, from July 22 to August 23. Around the August 2 eclipse, lighten your schedule and get more sleep. From November 25, Mars in Capricorn, in your 6th house, supports a simple, regular workout routine.

Leo rising, or Leo without a birth time

With Leo rising, this page speaks to you directly: your real houses are close to the ones described here (identical in whole sign houses); Jupiter crosses your 1st house until July 26, and the August 2 eclipse falls there. Read the 2027 horoscope for your Sun sign as well. Without a birth time, the reading by sign and decan keeps its full meaning: all you are missing is the detail of the houses. For the difference between the two, see Sun sign vs. ascendant: being and appearing.

Nothing here is written in advance: transits describe climates and questions, and you choose what to do with them. That is what we mean by understand rather than predict.

Leo in 2027: frequently asked questions

Going further

The full 2027 calendar, with the other eleven signs, is in Astrology 2027: the dates that matter; the three Mercury retrogrades are in Mercury retrograde 2027. To dig deeper: the Leo sign, the Jupiter transit, the South Node and, day to day, the Leo daily horoscope.