July 27 zodiac sign
Warmth is the strongest note on July 27, as the Sun sits at about 4° Leo in a decan that answers to no other planet than the Sun itself.
Sun signLeo
- Sun at 3°–6° Leo
- 1st decan · Sun
July 27 in profile
The first ten degrees of Leo give the sign at its most open-hearted. Fixed fire burns steadily, and the Sun, ruling both the sign and the decan, makes everything a little brighter and more personal. A July 27 Leo is generous by reflex and proud of it. They want to be admired for their kindness as much as their talent, and they tend to take the role of host wherever they go.
Helping is done grandly. They organise the fundraiser, drive the removal van and turn up at a friend’s new flat with paint, brushes and lunch for everyone. They prefer helping in person to sending money. A thank-you matters to them more than they admit; being taken for granted cools them quickly. At a friend’s wedding they are the one rallying the guests for the group photograph and organising the last dance.
Love is a performance in the best sense. They court with surprise dinners, notes in coat pockets and declarations made in front of friends. Attraction grows from admiration: they fall for people who are good at something and who appreciate them in return. Anniversaries are never forgotten and rarely understated. The growth edge is loving in the quiet weeks too, when there is nothing to celebrate and only ordinary days to share.
Leo all day
In every year from 1930 to 2040 the Sun was in Leo for the whole of July 27, in every time zone. This is not a cusp birthday: the nearest changes of sign fall around July 23 and August 22.
Your Moon sign depends on the year
The Sun is in the same place on July 27 every year; the Moon is not. It changes sign every two and a half days, so people who share this birthday can have any of the twelve Moon signs. Here is where it was on July 27 in recent years, from 00:00 to 23:59 UTC (an arrow means it changed sign during the day).
- 2017Virgo → Libra
- 2018Capricorn → Aquarius
- 2019Taurus → Gemini
- 2020Libra → Scorpio
- 2021Pisces
- 2022Cancer
- 2023Scorpio
- 2024Aries → Taurus
- 2025Virgo
- 2026Capricorn
Compatible signs for a Leo
Sun-sign compatibility starts from the element. Leo gets on most easily with its own element and with the two sextile signs, and feels the strongest pull from its opposite. The full charts decide how a real pairing feels.
A gift for a July 27 birthday
A romantic gesture with a touch of ceremony: a surprise picnic with candles, a handwritten letter read aloud, or a portrait sitting for the two of them.
Asked about July 27
What zodiac sign is July 27?
July 27 is Leo in every year: the Sun is at about 3°–6° Leo that day, in the sign’s 1st decan.
Is July 27 a cusp birthday?
No. The Sun is well inside Leo on July 27. The cusp days, when the Sun changes sign, fall around July 23 and August 22. Astrology has no blended cusp signs anyway: at any moment the Sun is in one sign.
What decan is July 27?
July 27 falls in the 1st decan of Leo. In the triplicity system we use, that decan belongs to Leo and its ruler Sun, which colours the Leo Sun with a little of Leo.
Your birthday is only the Sun
A July 27 birthday tells you where the Sun was. The Moon, the Rising sign and eight more planets each sit somewhere of their own, and they depend on the year, the hour and the place. The free calculator shows all of them.