Zendaya has her Sun at 9°51′ Virgo. Timothée Chalamet has his at 5°52′ Capricorn. Both are earth signs, so the "two earth Suns" line is accurate for these two. The sharper contrast is Mars: hers is at 25° Cancer, his at 21° Capricorn, in exactly opposite signs.
Both appear in Warner Bros.' Dune: Part Two, which was released in theatres on March 1, 2024. The film follows Paul Atreides and Chani. Those are fictional people with fictional destinies. The charts below belong to two actors born in 1995 and 1996, and nothing in them describes a desert planet.
The birth data and why the clock matters
Lunara's profiles store September 1, 1996, 18:01 in Oakland for Zendaya and December 27, 1995, 21:16 in Manhattan for Timothée Chalamet. Both birth times carry a Rodden A rating, the second-highest reliability grade astrologers use. That's why the rising sign and houses can be discussed at all.
We still checked what the clock changes. Recalculating each birth date at 00:00 and at 23:59 local time leaves the Sun, Mercury, Venus and Mars in the same sign all day for both of them. Those four placements don't depend on the exact minute. Zendaya's Moon does: it moved from Aries into Taurus during that day, so her Taurus Moon relies on the recorded time. Timothée's Moon stays in Pisces all day.
Sun: two kinds of earth
Earth signs are traditionally read as practical, patient and concerned with what works. Virgo and Capricorn express that differently.
- Virgo (Zendaya) is the sign astrologers associate with refinement: noticing detail, improving a craft by small adjustments, service and precision.
- Capricorn (Timothée) is read as structure and long-range ambition: building something over years and taking responsibility for it.
Her Sun falls in the 7th house, the house of partners and collaborators. His falls in the 5th, the house of performance, play and creative risk. Those house placements depend on the recorded times, which is why they appear only because the clocks are rated.
Mercury: diplomacy and structure
Zendaya's Mercury sits at 3°15′ Libra, an air sign read as weighing both sides and choosing words for how they will land. Timothée's Mercury is at 24°08′ Capricorn, read as deliberate, economical and organised thinking. In his chart, Mercury sits within about half a degree of Neptune. Astrologers associate that combination with imagination, mood and an ear for other people's voices.
Venus: water and air
Zendaya's Venus is at 24°34′ Cancer, a water sign that tradition links with care, loyalty and emotional memory. Timothée's Venus is at 7°49′ Aquarius, an air sign read as independent taste and a fondness for the unconventional. In astrology Venus describes what someone finds beautiful and how they relate. These are symbolic readings, not reports about anyone's private life.
Mars: the opposite pair
This is the clearest contrast in the two charts. Zendaya's Mars at 25°05′ Cancer sits with her Venus, half a degree apart. Timothée's Mars is at 21°08′ Capricorn, in the same sign as his Sun and Mercury.
Traditional astrology has technical labels for these placements. Mars is called "in fall" in Cancer and "exalted" in Capricorn. The labels describe how directly the planet's drive is thought to express itself, not how good a person is.
- Mars in Cancer is read as drive that moves through feeling and protectiveness. It works indirectly, and it's strongest when defending something cared about.
- Mars in Capricorn is read as strategic, controlled effort aimed at a long goal.
Same element for the Sun, opposite signs for the planet of action: that's the calculated headline.
Rising signs and a shared degree
With rated times, two more details are usable:
- Rising signs. Zendaya's Ascendant is 7° Aquarius. Timothée's is 3° Virgo, the sign that holds her Sun.
- A shared degree. Her Venus–Mars pair at 24–25° Cancer sits almost exactly opposite his Mercury and Neptune at 24–25° Capricorn.
Part of that degree match is generational. Neptune moves slowly, and both actors have it at about 25° Capricorn, as does almost everyone born in those months. Astrologers comparing charts would note the opposition. We note it as geometry, not as a statement about how these two people work together or relate.
Why the characters are a different question
It's tempting to read Paul or Chani into these charts, but a role is written by a novelist and adapted by filmmakers. An actor's birth chart describes symbolic themes in a real person's life, and even then, interpretation is not proof. The same placement can be lived in many ways, and no chart explains a career or a performance.
For the full readings, see Zendaya's natal chart profile and Timothée Chalamet's natal chart profile. Each sets out the placements with the clock rules it uses.
Your Sun, Venus and Mars
Comparing two famous charts is a good way to see that a Sun sign is only one line of a chart. Your own Venus and Mars can sit in very different signs from your Sun.
Calculate your free natal chart to see your Sun, Mercury, Venus and Mars to the degree. Add a reliable birth time if you have one, because the Moon, rising sign and houses depend on it. If you then want a written interpretation, the chart page explains the optional paid natal report before anything is purchased.
Calculation notes
All positions are tropical and geocentric, computed with Lunara's central Swiss Ephemeris path from the birth data stored on each public profile. Houses use the Placidus system. A recalculation at the stored times matched the stored charts exactly. The 00:00 and 23:59 local brackets were used to separate clock-independent placements from clock-dependent ones. Timothée's Moon lies within a degree of a house cusp, so it is given no house here. Film details are from Warner Bros.' Dune: Part Two page.
Text written with AI assistance. The positions are calculated, not estimated.