Birth chart and Human Design · Actor and singer, star of Euphoria
Zendaya
In plain English Zendaya’s chart reads like a careful builder: she likes steady craft, does her best work next to a partner, and plans how she shows up.
Zendaya’s birth chart has the Sun in Virgo, Moon in Taurus and Aquarius rising. In Human Design, Zendaya is a Generator with a 5/1 profile.
| Born | September 1, 1996 |
|---|---|
| Place | Walnut Creek, California, United States |
| Birth time | 6:01 pm, Exact, from a birth record (Rodden AA) Source: Astro-Databank |
| Sun | Virgo |
| Moon | Taurus |
| Rising | Aquarius |
| Human Design type | Generator |
| Profile | 5/1 |
| Authority | Emotional |
Zendaya’s birth chart
Zendaya, birth chart
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| Body | Sign | Degree | House |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Virgo | 9°50′ | 7th |
| Moon | Taurus | 7°08′ | 3rd |
| Rising | Aquarius | 7°09′ | 1st |
| Mercury | Libra | 3°15′ | 8th |
| Venus | Cancer | 24°33′ | 6th |
| Mars | Cancer | 25°04′ | 6th |
| Jupiter | Capricorn | 7°49′ R | 11th |
| Saturn | Aries | 5°47′ R | 2nd |
| Uranus | Aquarius | 1°12′ R | 12th |
| Neptune | Capricorn | 25°17′ R | 12th |
| Pluto | Sagittarius | 0°28′ | 10th |
| North Node | Libra | 8°15′ | 8th |
| Midheaven | Scorpio | 26°56′ | 10th |
Houses are Placidus, from the listed birth time.
Three placements worth noticing
In plain Englishthe three parts of Zendaya’s chart that fit Zendaya’s public work best. Astrology describes resemblances, not causes.
Sun in Virgo in the 7th house
Virgo is the sign of the craftsperson, the one who fixes the small thing that makes the whole thing work. Zendaya’s career reads that way. She moved from Disney Channel series like Shake It Up and K.C. Undercover to Rue in Euphoria, which won her Emmys, and then to Chani in the Dune films. Each step looks measured, not lucky.
The Virgo trap is the inner editor who never signs off. With the Sun in the 7th house, the house of partnerships, her best-known work comes in pairs and ensembles: Challengers alongside Josh O’Connor and Mike Faist, Spider-Man opposite Tom Holland. The craft sharpens in company, though “good enough” can take a while to say.
Moon in Taurus in the 3rd house
A Taurus Moon wants things steady, tactile and chosen on purpose. In public that shows up as pace: gaps between projects, roles picked one at a time, and a long working relationship with her stylist, Law Roach. Taurus does not like to be rushed into a yes.
The 3rd house is the house of speaking and writing, so the patience shows in how she talks. Her interviews and acceptance speeches are measured and plain, with few filler lines. The Taurus trap is stubbornness: once a plan feels right, changing it costs more effort than it should.
Venus conjunct Mars
Venus is what we like and Mars is what we go after. Side by side in Cancer, at 24 and 25 degrees, wanting and doing become one move. That fits an actor who treats the red carpet as part of the job. For the Dune: Part Two and Challengers press tours she wore looks built around the film itself, a chrome robot suit by Mugler for one and tennis-themed outfits for the other.
Cancer protects what it loves, and in the 6th house of daily work that means she defends her projects. The trap is carrying every project home. A Venus and Mars pair in Cancer runs on feeling, and feeling can burn out.
Zendaya’s Human Design type
In plain EnglishHuman Design is a 1987 system, not science. It reads the same birth moment as a map of how energy works for one person, and it starts with one of five types.
In Human Design, a Generator with Emotional authority is meant to answer what shows up, then let the feeling settle before committing. Zendaya’s record fits that reading: a few big yeses, Euphoria, Dune and Challengers, spread across years rather than stacked on top of each other, with room between them to say no to the rest. The 5/1 profile pairs a person others project hopes onto with a researcher who wants a solid base. Her habit of building a look or a role from careful study lines up with that first line.
Zendaya is a Generator. The strategy for that type is “to respond”. The authority is Emotional, which is the part of the chart Human Design says to trust for decisions. The 5/1 profile is the personality role: the first number is the conscious line, the second the unconscious one. Seven of the nine centers are defined, joined by four channels.
- Personality (conscious)
- Design (unconscious)
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How reliable is this chart?
In plain Englishthe Sun and Moon signs of any chart are only as good as the date, and the Rising sign is only as good as the birth time.
Rodden rating: AA. Rodden ratings are the grades astrologers use for birth data, from AA (best) down to DD (worst). AA means the time comes from a birth certificate or a hospital record that someone has seen. This is the strongest grade there is, so the Rising sign and the houses are as solid as the clock was in the delivery room. A good chart still depends on a good clock, but there is no reason to doubt this one. The source is the Astro-Databank entry linked in the facts table.
A quick test with our own calculator: the Rising sign stays Aquarius from 23 minutes before to 65 minutes after the listed time, and the Human Design type, authority and profile hold for at least three hours either way.
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Where this birth time comes from
Astro-Databank, Rodden AA: from a birth record that has been seen. Astro-Databank entry for Zendaya.
Questions people ask
- What is Zendaya’s zodiac sign?
- Zendaya is a Virgo. The Sun was at 9 degrees of Virgo on September 1, 1996. The Moon was in Taurus.
- What is Zendaya’s rising sign?
- Zendaya has Aquarius rising, based on a birth time of 6:01 pm in Walnut Creek. The time comes from a record, so this is as solid as a rising sign gets.
- What is Zendaya’s Human Design type?
- Zendaya is a Generator, with seven defined centers, Emotional authority and a 5/1 profile.
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