Celebrity charts · Zendaya
Zendaya's birth chart, and the Saturn return she had in 2026
Birth certificate time, Astro-Databank AA. A Virgo Sun, a Taurus Moon, Aquarius rising, and Saturn coming home on April 2, 2026.
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At a glance
9°51′ Virgo Sun, 7°09′ Taurus Moon, 7°10′ Aquarius rising.
- Born
- September 1, 19966:01 PM, Walnut Creek, California
- Sun
- 9°51′ Virgo8th house
- Moon
- 7°09′ Taurus4th house
- Rising
- 7°10′ Aquarius24 min in, 66 min to go
- Chart ruler
- Saturn in Aries3rd house
- Data rating
- Rodden AAa record
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6:01 PM
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Astro-Databank: ZendayaWhy your rising sign differs between apps
Some celebrity charts come with a whole drama of rival times. Zendaya's does not. Astro-Databank lists 6:01 PM on September 1, 1996 in Walnut Creek, California, from a birth certificate in hand, which earns the archive's top rating, AA.
That clean data lets us say things other pages only guess at. At 6:01 PM the ascendant was at 7°10′ Aquarius. It had been Aquarius for about 24 minutes and would stay there for another hour or so, so even a rounded clock on the certificate could not move it.
The Moon is also comfortably placed: 7°09′ Taurus, nowhere near a sign line. Her big three is about as solid as public chart data gets.
The sky behind it
1996-09-02 01:01 UTC, 37n54, 122w04. It stays Aquarius for about 24 minutes earlier and 66 minutes later. Method on the hub.
Virgo, Taurus, Aquarius
Sun in Virgo, Moon in Taurus, Aquarius rising
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The Virgo Sun at 9°51′ sits in the eighth house. Virgo is the craft sign: precision, preparation, getting the detail right because the detail is the point. The eighth house is the deep end of the chart, tied to transformation and to the things people do not say out loud. Astrologers would pair the two as someone who does careful work on intense material.
The Taurus Moon is in the fourth house of home and roots. Taurus is the Moon's favourite sign in the old books (its "exaltation"), steady and loyal, soothed by the simple and the physical. Its tight trine to Jupiter, within seven-tenths of a degree, is read as emotional generosity.
Aquarius rising puts Uranus, retrograde, right in her first house. Uranus spent the mid-1990s in Aquarius, so plenty of people share it, but having it on the ascendant is the personal part. The tradition reads Aquarius rising as a little apart, original, quietly unbothered by the expected look.
The sky behind it
Waning Gibbous, 237.3°. Fire 2 · Earth 4 · Air 2 · Water 2; cardinal 6 · fixed 2 · mutable 2.
Saturn, chart ruler
Venus and Mars together in Cancer, opposite Neptune
The tightest cluster in the chart is Venus conjunct Mars in Cancer, half a degree apart, in the sixth house of daily work and craft. Venus is how you attract and appreciate; Mars is how you act. Together in Cancer, the tradition reads them as warmth and protectiveness running the same engine.
Both sit opposite Neptune, Mars within a quarter of a degree. Neptune is the planet astrologers give to acting, film, glamour and dissolving into a role. An exact Mars-Neptune opposition in a working actor's chart is the kind of thing astrologers point at with a raised eyebrow.
And the timely bit: Saturn, which was at 5°48′ Aries when she was born, came back to that exact spot on April 2, 2026. That is her first Saturn return, the age-29 checkpoint astrologers treat as the move into full adulthood. Saturn is also her chart ruler.
The sky behind it
Tightest aspects (orb): Mars opposite Neptune 0.21°; Venus conjunct Mars 0.52°; Moon trine Jupiter 0.68°; Venus opposite Neptune 0.73°; Uranus sextile Pluto 0.73°.
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Rising sign: 7°10′ Aquarius.
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Rating AA
Rodden AA: birth certificate in hand (Viktor E.)
American actress, singer and dancer who became the youngest winner of the Emmy for lead actress in a drama, for Euphoria, in 2020. Why we stop at A is on the hub.
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10 bodies, 10 aspects
Aquarius is the 1st house here (whole sign).
| Body | Position | House |
|---|---|---|
| Sun | 9°51′ Virgo | 8th |
| Moon | 7°09′ Taurus | 4th |
| Mercury | 3°15′ Libra | 9th |
| Venus | 24°34′ Cancer | 6th |
| Mars | 25°05′ Cancer | 6th |
| Jupiter (Rx) | 7°49′ Capricorn | 12th |
| Saturn (Rx) | 5°48′ Aries | 3rd |
| Uranus (Rx) | 1°13′ Aquarius | 1st |
| Neptune (Rx) | 25°17′ Capricorn | 12th |
| Pluto | 0°29′ Sagittarius | 11th |
| Ascendant | 7°10′ Aquarius | 1st |
| Midheaven | 26°56′ Scorpio | |
| North Node (mean) | 9°28′ Libra | 9th |
| Aspect | Orb |
|---|---|
| Mars opposite Neptune | 0.21° |
| Venus conjunct Mars | 0.52° |
| Moon trine Jupiter | 0.68° |
| Venus opposite Neptune | 0.73° |
| Uranus sextile Pluto | 0.73° |
| Sun trine Jupiter | 2.02° |
| Jupiter square Saturn | 2.03° |
| Mercury trine Uranus | 2.05° |
| Mercury opposite Saturn | 2.54° |
| Sun trine Moon | 2.70° |
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Date and time | September 1, 1996, 6:01 PM (UTC-7) |
| Place | Walnut Creek, California (37n54, 122w04) |
| Source | birth certificate in hand (Viktor E.) |
| Astro-Databank prints | Sun 09°51′, Moon 07°09′, Asc 07°10′ |
| Saturn return | April 2, 2026 |
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 Zendaya's birth chart?
September 1, 1996, 6:01 PM, Walnut Creek, California: Sun 9°51′ Virgo, Moon 7°09′ Taurus, Venus 24°34′ Cancer, Mars 25°05′ Cancer, rising 7°10′ Aquarius.
What is Zendaya's rising sign?
Aquarius, at 7°10′, from her birth certificate time of 6:01 PM (Astro-Databank AA). Uranus is in her first house.
When is Zendaya's Saturn return?
Saturn returned to its birth position, 5°48′ Aries, on April 2, 2026, in a single pass, computed from NASA JPL's DE442 ephemeris.
What time was Zendaya born?
6:01 PM, UTC-7; AA (birth certificate or record).
