July 27 zodiac sign: Leo, first decan
If you were born on July 27, your sign is Leo, the fire sign ruled by Sun: the Sun is in Leo on this date in every year from 1980 to 2030. The Sun sits about 4° into Leo on this date, in the first decan, where Leo's core takes on a Saturn flavour. Here's what the date fixes, and what only your birth time can tell you.
Your sign: Leo
The fixed fire sign that brings warmth and refuses to be small.
A Leo Sun puts the Sun in its own sign — your core identity is amplified, radiant, and visible. You generate energy that other people warm themselves on. The friend whose laugh fills the room, the colleague who turns a project into something people are proud to be part of, the host who makes a dinner party an actual event — that's you, in your element.
- ElementFire
- ModalityFixed
- RulerSun
- SeasonJuly 23 – August 22
The date fixes the Sun; the year and hour fix the rest. A Leo born July 27 with the Moon in Gemini runs on a different inner weather from one with the Moon in Leo: see Leo Sun, Gemini Moon. Your rising sign needs the birth time; the twelve Leo Sun combinations show what each one changes.
Leo dates, traits & compatibility → · What a Leo birth chart looks like →
In the US (2000–2014), an average of 11,613 babies were born on each July 27, rank 114 of 366 dates; Leo is number 1 of 12 signs (8.96%). What's the most common zodiac sign?
The Moon on July 27, 1980–2030
Across the 51 years from 1980 to 2030, the Moon at noon UTC on July 27 was most often in Scorpio (6 years) and least often in Leo, Libra, and Pisces (3 years each). Unlike the Sun, the Moon sign depends on the birth year. On July 27, 2026, the Moon stays in Capricorn the whole UTC day.
- 1980 Capricorn → Aquarius 10:35
- 1981 Gemini
- 1982 Libra → Scorpio 09:58
- 1983 Aquarius → Pisces 09:11
- 1984 Cancer
- 1985 Sagittarius
- 1986 Aries
- 1987 Leo
- 1988 Capricorn
- 1989 Taurus → Gemini 12:15
- 1990 Libra
- 1991 Aquarius
- 1992 Gemini → Cancer 08:08
- 1993 Scorpio
- 1994 Pisces → Aries 10:30
- 1995 Cancer → Leo 07:07
- 1996 Sagittarius → Capricorn 23:17
- 1997 Taurus
- 1998 Virgo
- 1999 Capricorn
- 2000 Gemini
- 2001 Libra → Scorpio 02:17
- 2002 Pisces
- 2003 Cancer
- 2004 Scorpio → Sagittarius 02:48
- 2005 Aries → Taurus 17:54
- 2006 Leo → Virgo 11:36
- 2007 Sagittarius → Capricorn 06:21
- 2008 Taurus → Gemini 15:55
- 2009 Libra
- 2010 Aquarius
- 2011 Gemini
- 2012 Scorpio
- 2013 Aries
- 2014 Leo
- 2015 Sagittarius
- 2016 Taurus
- 2017 Virgo → Libra 15:37
- 2018 Capricorn → Aquarius 10:41
- 2019 Taurus → Gemini 06:29
- 2020 Libra → Scorpio 04:12
- 2021 Pisces
- 2022 Cancer
- 2023 Scorpio
- 2024 Aries → Taurus 17:22
- 2025 Virgo
- 2026 Capricorn
- 2027 Taurus
- 2028 Libra
- 2029 Aquarius → Pisces 15:48
- 2030 Gemini → Cancer 10:14
In 21 of those 51 years (41%) the Moon changed sign during July 27 itself, so in those years the birth time decides the Moon as well as the rising sign. Cells with an arrow mark them, with the UTC time of the change. The Moon was exactly full on July 27 in 1980 and 2018, and new in 1995.
Find your birth year. One sign means the Moon spent the whole UTC day there; an arrow means it changed sign that day, at the UTC time shown: born before it, the first sign; after it, the second. The Moon sign calculator settles it in seconds; your birth chart adds the rising sign and houses.
Times in UTC: a birth late in the evening in the Americas, or early in the morning in Asia, can fall on the neighbouring UTC date.
July 2026: full moon July 29, 2026, Aquarius · new moon July 14, 2026, Cancer.
Your decan: the first decan of Leo
Each sign is divided into three 10° decans, and each decan has a sub-ruler that shades the sign's core. Degrees 0–10 of Leo belong to Saturn: where you face limitation and, through facing it, build mastery. Read it as Leo with a Saturn accent — the fire core is unchanged, the emphasis moves.
Five of Wands
Competition · Conflict · Tension. The card assigned to this ten-degree slice of the zodiac — a birthday card in the same sense a sun sign is a birthday sign: one lens on the date, not a verdict.
Read the Five of Wands in full on My Day Check →All the tarot cards for July 27: decan, sign, ruling planet and year card →
What the date can't tell you
The Sun is one placement out of ten. Your Moon sign changes every two to three days, so Leos born on July 27 in different years have different Moons; your rising sign changes every two hours and needs a birth time and place. Those two carry most of what people mean by "personality" in a chart.
Born July 27? Add your year, time and place
Your Moon and rising depend on the year and hour. Computed here in a few seconds — then your full chart with a preview of its reading, no sign-up.
Your big three
- Sun
- Moon
- Rising
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Or browse the twelve possibilities: Leo Sun with each Moon → · just my Moon sign · how the free birth chart calculator works
Classic matches for a July 27 birthday
By sun sign, Leo pairs most easily with Aries, Sagittarius, Gemini, Libra. Sun-sign compatibility is the coarse layer; the couple reading compares both full charts.
Common questions
What zodiac sign is July 27?
July 27 is Leo, the fixed fire sign ruled by Sun. The Sun sits at roughly 4° Leo on this date, in the first decan.
What decan is July 27?
The first decan of Leo (0°–10°), sub-ruled by Saturn. Decans divide each sign into three 10° slices; the sub-ruler adds a second flavour to the sign's core — here where you face limitation and, through facing it, build mastery.
What tarot card is July 27?
In the Golden Dawn system each decan has a minor arcana card: for the first decan of Leo it is the Five of Wands (competition, conflict, tension). It's a birthday card in the same way a sun sign is — one lens, not a verdict.
What Moon sign is someone born on July 27?
It depends on the year, and in 41% of years on the hour too. For example: in 1980, Capricorn or Aquarius; in 1990, Libra; in 2000, Gemini; in 2010, Aquarius; in 2020, Libra or Scorpio. Over 1980–2030 the Moon on July 27 was most often in Scorpio. A birth time and place pin it down.
Does everyone born on July 27 have the same chart?
No. They share the Sun in Leo, but the Moon changes sign every two to three days, the rising sign every two hours, and the outer planets by year. Two people born July 27 in different years can have almost nothing else in common in their charts.