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Love horoscope 2027: what Venus, Mars and the eclipses do for your sign

No Venus retrograde this year. A long Mars retrograde from Jan 10 to Apr 1, two solar eclipses, and one Venus-Mars meeting on Nov 25. Here is where each lands in your chart.

Photo: Rahul Pandit / Burst

At a glance

There is no Venus retrograde in 2027. Mars is retrograde Jan 10 to Apr 1, the solar eclipses fall on Feb 6 and Aug 2, and Venus meets Mars on Nov 25.

Venus retrograde
None in 2027next: May 10, 2028, Gemini
Mars retrograde
Jan 10, 2027 to Apr 1Virgo to Leo
Solar eclipses
Feb 6 and Aug 2annular in Aquarius, total in Leo
Venus meets Jupiter
Aug 26, 2027at 6°34′ Virgo
Venus meets Mars
Nov 25, 2027at 29°28′ Sagittarius

Find your rising signThen read the love horoscope for your rising sign too. It is often the sharper read.

The year in love

The shape of love in 2027, in four beats

2027 is a year with no Venus retrograde. The love planet just keeps walking.Photo: Burst

Try this today

  • Put four dates in your calendar now: Apr 1, Aug 2, Aug 26 and Nov 25.
  • Find your sign page and note the weeks Venus spends in your 5th and 7th houses. Those are your warmest windows.
  • If you know your rising sign, read that page as well. Notice which one sounds more like your year.

If autumn 2026 felt like rewinding, that was Venus retrograde, from Oct 3 to Nov 14. 2027 is different.

Beat one: winter slows down. Mars turns retrograde on Jan 10, 2027 in Virgo and does not turn direct until Apr 1, 2027, in Leo. Valentine's Day falls in the middle. Astrologers read Mars retrograde as desire turning inward: more reflection, fewer first moves.

Beat two: the eclipses. An annular solar eclipse on Feb 6, 2027 in Aquarius, then a total solar eclipse on Aug 2, 2027 in Leo. Three faint penumbral lunar eclipses sit around them.

Beat three: late-summer warmth. Venus meets Jupiter, the other "benefic" planet of astrology, on Aug 26, 2027 in Virgo.

Beat four: the meeting. On Nov 25, 2027 Venus and Mars line up at 29°28′ Sagittarius. It is the only time they meet this year.

Pick your sign below to see which of your houses each beat lands in. That is the whole difference between a vague love horoscope and one you can plan with.

Venus in 2027

Venus never turns back this year

Venus visits all 12 signs in 2027, a few weeks at a time, and never reverses.NASA/JPL-Caltech

Try this today

  • Look up the weeks Venus is in your own sign on your sign page. Book the haircut, the photos, the party then.
  • Around Aug 12, write down three things you find beautiful now that you did not a year ago.

Venus is the planet astrology ties to love, attraction and what we find beautiful. In 2027 it does something simple and rare: it moves forward the whole year. There are no Venus stations in 2027 at all.

It starts the year in Scorpio and changes sign 15 times, spending 24 to 27 days in each sign it fully crosses. Its longest stay is Sagittarius, Jan 7 to Feb 3, which is 27 days. That steady pace is why the sign pages can give clean windows for your 5th house of romance and your 7th house of partners.

One astronomical moment stands out. On Aug 12, 2027 Venus passes behind the Sun as seen from Earth, at 19°07′ Leo. Astronomers call it superior conjunction. Venus is lost in the Sun's glare for a while and then returns as the evening star. Astrologers often read it as a reset of what you value.

The next Venus retrograde begins on May 10, 2028 in Gemini. So if 2026 felt like rewinding, 2027 is play.

The sky behind it

Venus ingresses in 2027 (UTC): Sagittarius Jan 7, Capricorn Feb 3, Aquarius Mar 1, Pisces Mar 26, Aries Apr 20, Taurus May 14, Gemini Jun 8, Cancer Jul 3, Leo Jul 27, Virgo Aug 20, Libra Sep 14, Scorpio Oct 8, Sagittarius Nov 1, Capricorn Nov 25, Aquarius Dec 19. Superior conjunction Aug 12, 2027 · 00:20 UTC. Computed as geocentric apparent ecliptic longitude from JPL DE442.

Mars retrograde

Mars retrograde runs through Valentine's Day

The Mars retrograde season is for figuring out what you want, before you chase it.Mars, Viking Orbiter mosaic. NASA/JPL/USGS

Try this today

  • During the retrograde, write down the romantic pattern you keep repeating. Do one thing differently.
  • If an ex reaches out, wait a day before you answer.
  • Save big first moves for after Apr 1, if you can.

Mars is the planet of desire, drive and the nerve to make a move. About every two years it appears to slow, stop and back up for a couple of months. In 2027 that happens from Jan 10, 2027 · 12:59 UTC at 10°26′ Virgo to Apr 1, 2027 · 14:08 UTC at 20°56′ Leo.

Mars crosses back from Virgo into Leo on Feb 21, 2027. Because of the loop, Mars spends 114 days of 2027 in Virgo and 82 days in Leo, far longer than the 49 days it later spends in Libra. In 2027 it only reaches 6 signs: Virgo, Leo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius and Capricorn.

Valentine's Day 2027 falls inside the retrograde. At noon UTC on February 14, Venus is at 12°36′ Capricorn, Mars is retrograde at 2°48′ Virgo, and the Moon is in Taurus, 52% lit. Astrologers would call it a night for reconnecting rather than a big public gesture. A dinner at home with someone you already love fits the sky better than a surprise proposal on a jumbotron.

Read retrograde as a review, not a curse. Old crushes resurface. Arguments repeat until someone changes the script. By the time Mars clears its shadow on Jun 8, 2027, you usually know which feelings were real.

The sky behind it

Mars stations retrograde Jan 10, 2027 · 12:59 UTC (10°26′ Virgo) and direct Apr 1, 2027 · 14:08 UTC (20°56′ Leo), 81 days. Pre-shadow from Nov 5, 2026; post-shadow ends Jun 8, 2027.

Eclipses

The 2027 eclipses fall mostly in Leo and Aquarius

Eclipses come in seasons. 2027's two seasons are February and August.Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr, Atlas Novus Coelestis, 1742

Try this today

  • On Feb 6 and Aug 2, write one honest sentence about your love life. Compare them in September.
  • Never look at a solar eclipse without certified eclipse glasses.

There are 5 eclipses in 2027: two solar and 3 lunar. NASA's eclipse catalogue lists the same dates our ephemeris finds.

The annular solar eclipse of Feb 6, 2027 falls at 17°38′ Aquarius. In an annular eclipse the Moon is a little too far from Earth to cover the Sun fully, leaving a bright ring. The total solar eclipse of Aug 2, 2027 falls at 9°55′ Leo, and the Moon is near enough to cover the Sun completely along its path.

The lunar eclipses are all penumbral, the faintest kind, where the Moon only grazes Earth's outer shadow: Feb 20 in Virgo, Jul 18 in Capricorn, Aug 17 in Aquarius.

In astrology a solar eclipse reads like a new moon with the volume up: a new beginning, sometimes one you did not schedule. A lunar eclipse reads like a full moon that closes a chapter. Where they land in your houses decides whether the story is about romance, partners, home or work. By our count, the signs whose 5th or 7th house holds a 2027 solar eclipse are Aries, Leo, Libra and Aquarius. Leo and Aquarius have one in their own sign.

The sky behind it

Eclipse times (UTC): solar eclipses at the exact new moon, lunar eclipses at greatest eclipse. NASA's catalogue lists the same dates, with greatest eclipse a few minutes off the new moon: annular solar eclipse Feb 6, 2027 · 15:56 UTC at 17°38′ Aquarius; penumbral lunar eclipse Feb 20, 2027 · 23:12 UTC at 1°59′ Virgo; penumbral lunar eclipse Jul 18, 2027 · 16:03 UTC at 25°58′ Capricorn; total solar eclipse Aug 2, 2027 · 10:05 UTC at 9°55′ Leo; penumbral lunar eclipse Aug 17, 2027 · 07:13 UTC at 24°04′ Aquarius.

How we built it

Twelve love horoscopes you can check

Same sky for everyone. Different houses for each sign. That is what makes it personal.Photo: Rahul Pandit / Burst

Try this today

  • Open the love map below, choose your Sun sign, then your rising sign. Compare the two.
  • Pick the one window that excites you most. Plan something small for it.

Most love horoscopes for 2027 give you mood words. We wanted dates you can put in a calendar and check.

So we computed the year first. Every Venus and Mars sign change, both Mars stations, all five eclipses, every new and full moon, using NASA JPL's DE442 ephemeris. Then we placed each event in solar houses: the sign of your Sun becomes your 1st house, the next sign your 2nd, and so on around the wheel. Venus in Leo is in the 5th house for an Aries and the 7th house for an Aquarius. Same sky, different story.

Astrologers give the houses rough themes. The 5th is romance, dating and fun. The 7th is partners and commitment. The 8th is intimacy and trust. The 1st is you: how you look and how you come across. The sign pages lean on those four.

What we will not do is promise you a person, a proposal or a breakup. Astrology is a tradition and a mirror for reflection. Use it to choose when to have the big talk, not whether you deserve love.

Your love map

Your 2027 love map

Choose your Sun sign, or your rising sign if you know it. The map shows where Venus and Mars sit in your houses each month, your love windows, the houses the eclipses hit, and a checker for any date of 2027.

Count houses from

Sun-sign houses are the classic horoscope method. If you know your rising sign, switch: whole-sign houses from your Ascendant are sharper.

Your 2027 love map, Aries Sun sign

Where Venus and Mars sit on the 15th of each month. Months with Venus in your 5th or 7th house are marked.

  • January

    Venus 9th · adventure

    Mars 6th · routine · Rx

  • February

    Venus 10th · public life

    Mars 6th · routine · Rx

  • March

    Venus 11th · friends

    Mars 5th · romance · Rx

  • April

    Venus 12th · rest

    Mars 5th · romance

  • May

    Venus 2nd · values

    Mars 6th · routine

  • June

    Venus 3rd · talk

    Mars 6th · routine

  • July

    Venus 4th · home

    Mars 7th · partners

  • August · love window

    Venus 5th · romance

    Mars 7th · partners

  • September · love window

    Venus 7th · partners

    Mars 8th · intimacy

  • October

    Venus 8th · intimacy

    Mars 8th · intimacy

  • November

    Venus 9th · adventure

    Mars 9th · adventure

  • December

    Venus 10th · public life

    Mars 10th · public life

Your love windows in 2027

  • Jan 1 to Jan 7: Venus in Scorpio, your 8th house of intimacy
  • Feb 21 to May 14: Mars in Leo (retrograde), your 5th house of romance
  • Apr 20 to May 14: Venus in Aries, your 1st house of self
  • Jul 15 to Sep 2: Mars in Libra, your 7th house of partners
  • Jul 27 to Aug 20: Venus in Leo, your 5th house of romance
  • Sep 14 to Oct 8: Venus in Libra, your 7th house of partners
  • Oct 8 to Nov 1: Venus in Scorpio, your 8th house of intimacy

Eclipses: Feb 6 annular solar in your 11th · Aug 2 total solar in your 5th. Fainter lunar: Feb 20 in your 6th · Jul 18 in your 10th · Aug 17 in your 11th.

Venus meets Mars on Nov 25, in your 9th house. Venus meets Jupiter on Aug 26, in your 6th house.

Venus is working on your 10th house today: public life and plans. Love is a background theme.

Venus is in Capricorn, your 10th house (public life and plans). Mars is in Virgo, retrograde, your 6th house (routines and everyday care).

Nearest eclipse: the penumbral lunar eclipse on Feb 20 (6 days away), in your 6th house.

Positions at 12:00 UTC. Astrology is a lens for reflection, not a forecast.

More to read

Shorter reads. Each opens in place.

The sweetest date

Venus meets Jupiter on Aug 26

Jupiter enters Virgo on Jul 26, 2027. A month later, on Aug 26, 2027, Venus catches up with it at 6°34′ Virgo. Astrologers call the two the benefics, so their meeting is the most traditionally "lucky" love date of the year. For Virgo it lands in the 1st house, and for Pisces in the 7th.

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Planning ahead

Planning a wedding in 2027?

Electional astrology usually avoids Mars retrograde (Jan 10 to Apr 1) and the weeks around eclipses, and favours a waxing Moon. With no Venus retrograde in 2027, the calendar is unusually open. Our wedding-date planner checks every day of the year.

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2027 love dates, computed

Your Venus and Mars windows by sign, then every Venus and Mars move of 2027 and all five eclipses.

SignVenus in your 5thVenus in your 7thMars in your 7thHouses of Feb 6 / Aug 2 eclipses
AriesJul 27 to Aug 20Sep 14 to Oct 8Jul 15 to Sep 211th / 5th
TaurusAug 20 to Sep 14Jan 1 to Jan 7; Oct 8 to Nov 1Sep 2 to Oct 1510th / 4th
GeminiSep 14 to Oct 8Jan 7 to Feb 3; Nov 1 to Nov 25Oct 15 to Nov 259th / 3rd
CancerJan 1 to Jan 7; Oct 8 to Nov 1Feb 3 to Mar 1; Nov 25 to Dec 19Nov 25 to Dec 318th / 2nd
LeoJan 7 to Feb 3; Nov 1 to Nov 25Mar 1 to Mar 26; Dec 19 to Dec 31Not in 20277th / 1st
VirgoFeb 3 to Mar 1; Nov 25 to Dec 19Mar 26 to Apr 20Not in 20276th / 12th
LibraMar 1 to Mar 26; Dec 19 to Dec 31Apr 20 to May 14Not in 20275th / 11th
ScorpioMar 26 to Apr 20May 14 to Jun 8Not in 20274th / 10th
SagittariusApr 20 to May 14Jun 8 to Jul 3Not in 20273rd / 9th
CapricornMay 14 to Jun 8Jul 3 to Jul 27Not in 20272nd / 8th
AquariusJun 8 to Jul 3Jul 27 to Aug 20Feb 21 to May 141st / 7th
PiscesJul 3 to Jul 27Aug 20 to Sep 14Jan 1 to Feb 21; May 14 to Jul 1512th / 6th
Love windows by Sun sign, 2027 (solar houses)
Date (UTC)Venus enters
Jan 7, 2027 · 08:53 UTCSagittarius
Feb 3, 2027 · 14:30 UTCCapricorn
Mar 1, 2027 · 06:32 UTCAquarius
Mar 26, 2027 · 08:16 UTCPisces
Apr 20, 2027 · 03:57 UTCAries
May 14, 2027 · 21:01 UTCTaurus
Jun 8, 2027 · 12:32 UTCGemini
Jul 3, 2027 · 02:01 UTCCancer
Jul 27, 2027 · 12:30 UTCLeo
Aug 20, 2027 · 19:42 UTCVirgo
Sep 14, 2027 · 00:24 UTCLibra
Oct 8, 2027 · 03:59 UTCScorpio
Nov 1, 2027 · 07:34 UTCSagittarius
Nov 25, 2027 · 11:59 UTCCapricorn
Dec 19, 2027 · 18:40 UTCAquarius
Venus sign changes, 2027
Date (UTC)Event
Jan 10, 2027 · 12:59 UTCMars stations retrograde at 10°26′ Virgo
Feb 21, 2027 · 14:13 UTCMars backs into Leo
Apr 1, 2027 · 14:08 UTCMars stations direct at 20°56′ Leo
May 14, 2027 · 14:47 UTCMars enters Virgo
Jul 15, 2027 · 05:40 UTCMars enters Libra
Sep 2, 2027 · 01:52 UTCMars enters Scorpio
Oct 15, 2027 · 23:13 UTCMars enters Sagittarius
Nov 25, 2027 · 18:38 UTCMars enters Capricorn
Mars in 2027: sign changes and stations
Date (UTC)EclipsePosition
Feb 6, 2027 · 15:56 UTCannular solar eclipse17°38′ Aquarius
Feb 20, 2027 · 23:12 UTCpenumbral lunar eclipse1°59′ Virgo
Jul 18, 2027 · 16:03 UTCpenumbral lunar eclipse25°58′ Capricorn
Aug 2, 2027 · 10:05 UTCtotal solar eclipse9°55′ Leo
Aug 17, 2027 · 07:13 UTCpenumbral lunar eclipse24°04′ Aquarius
Eclipses of 2027 (solar eclipses timed at the new moon, lunar at greatest eclipse)

All times are UTC. In the Americas the local date can be a day earlier; in Asia and Australia a day later.

Quick answers

What is the love horoscope for 2027?

In 2027 Venus moves direct all year, Mars is retrograde from Jan 10, 2027 to Apr 1, 2027, the solar eclipses fall on Feb 6, 2027 (annular, Aquarius) and Aug 2, 2027 (total, Leo), Venus meets Jupiter on Aug 26 and Venus meets Mars on Nov 25. Each sign page shows which of your houses those land in.

Is Venus retrograde in 2027?

No. Venus is direct for all of 2027. The last retrograde ended in November 2026, and the next one starts on May 10, 2028 in Gemini.

When is Mars retrograde in 2027?

Mars turns retrograde on Jan 10, 2027 · 12:59 UTC at 10°26′ Virgo, backs into Leo on Feb 21, 2027, and turns direct on Apr 1, 2027 · 14:08 UTC at 20°56′ Leo. That is 81 days.

Which zodiac signs will find love in 2027?

Astrology cannot promise anyone a relationship. If you go by the eclipses, the signs whose romance or partnership house holds a 2027 solar eclipse are Aries, Leo, Libra and Aquarius. Every sign gets Venus in its 5th and 7th houses at some point in the year.

What are the luckiest days for love in 2027?

Astrologers would point to Aug 26, 2027, when Venus meets Jupiter in Virgo, and Nov 25, 2027, when Venus meets Mars at 29°28′ Sagittarius. Your own best weeks depend on your sign: check the dates for Venus in your 5th and 7th houses.

Is Valentine's Day 2027 a good day for love?

On February 14, 2027, Venus is in Capricorn, the Moon is in Taurus and 52% lit, and Mars is retrograde in Virgo. Astrologers would call it a better night for reconnecting than for grand gestures.

Should I read my Sun sign or rising sign love horoscope?

Both, if you know your rising sign. Sun-sign houses are the classic horoscope method. Whole-sign houses counted from your rising sign are how many astrologers read a full chart, so they tend to feel more specific.