Jupiter in Leo 2026: Dates, Meaning and Houses

Jupiter enters Leo on June 30, 2026, at 1:51 a.m. EDT and leaves for Virgo on July 26, 2027, at 12:48 a.m. EDT. Every date comes from the NovaOracles ephemeris, the same calculation behind the transit tool (how we calculate), and times are Eastern. Jupiter never turns back into Cancer during this passage, so there is one clean entry and one clean exit.

Jupiter spends about a year in each sign, and the retrograde is the stretch of about four months when it appears to move backward against the stars. In astrology a retrograde reads as a review period, a time to revisit what the first pass opened and to finish it before pushing for more.

In the tradition, Jupiter in Leo pairs the planet of growth, belief, travel, teaching and good fortune with the fixed fire sign ruled by the Sun, tied to the heart, play, romance and self-expression. Astrologers read it as a year that rewards courage and creative effort in public. People often talk about starting a project under their own name, performing, teaching, mentoring, or taking the lead after a long time in the background.

The same pairing carries its usual excess. Jupiter inflates and Leo loves a stage, so overspending, overpromising and a taste for flattery are the cautions the tradition names. Nothing in the sky forces an outcome; the transit describes the weather in which you choose.

Leo's opposite is Aquarius, so Jupiter in Leo faces the part of the sky where Pluto now sits, which sets individual self-expression against the pull of the group. Leo itself is covered in the Leo zodiac sign guide.

The sign is the same for everyone. The house it crosses is personal, and it sets which area of life receives the expansion. Read this with your own chart in front of you.

First house: confidence, a new look, a bigger presence. Second: earning power and self-worth. Third: writing, learning and local ties. Fourth: home, family, a larger or warmer household. Fifth, the natural home of Leo: romance, children, creative work, play, and the biggest feeling of this transit. Sixth: routines, health habits, a better working rhythm. Seventh: partnership and openness to commitment. Eighth: shared money, trust, deep bonds. Ninth: travel, study, teaching, publishing. Tenth: career visibility and recognition. Eleventh: friends, groups, audiences. Twelfth: rest, retreat and inner work that prepares the next push. The guide to the houses explains each one in more depth.

Enter your birth date, time and place in the transit chart calculator and it sets today's planets around your chart, including the house Jupiter currently occupies. If you do not have an exact birth time, the birth chart tool is the place to start, and the guide to transits explains how a transit works against a natal chart. The other slow planets move through different signs on their own schedules, and the pages for Saturn in Aries and Pluto in Aquarius place them against Jupiter's year.