Zac Efron’s birth chart
Born 18 October 1987, in San Luis Obispo, California, at 13:22 (Rodden AA).
Libra Sun · Virgo Moon · Capricorn rising
Zac Efron’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief
18 October 1987 was a Sunday: the day Zac Efron was born in San Luis Obispo, California. Their zodiac sign is Libra, with the Moon in Virgo and Capricorn rising. Zac turns 39 in 2026. The birth time, 13:22, comes from Astro-Databank with a Rodden rating of AA, which means it was taken from a birth certificate or birth record.
Of the ten planets, three are in fire signs, three in water, two in earth and two in air. Cardinal signs hold four, fixed signs three and mutable signs three. Mercury, Venus and Pluto all fall in Scorpio. Closest of the aspects is the sextile between Moon and Venus, 0.2° from exact. Mercury and Jupiter were retrograde. The Moon was a waning crescent.
StarMap's dataset holds 20 other people born on 18 October, among them Chuck Berry, Martina Navratilova and Jean-Claude Van Damme. Wikidata links Zac with two people in the dataset: Vanessa Hudgens (listed as partners, 2005 to 2010) and Michelle Rodriguez (listed as partners in 2014).
Zac Efron’s Sun, Moon and rising sign
Sun sign
Libra
24° Libra 54'
A Libra Sun balances. Fairness, beauty and the quality of relationships tend to shape Zac Efron's decisions, and this is a placement that can see both sides of almost anything. The growth lies in choosing a side when it counts.
Moon sign
Virgo
9° Virgo 41'
A Virgo Moon feels by fixing. When something is wrong, Zac is likely to look for the practical cause and to calm down by tidying, planning or being useful. The lesson of this Moon is to accept help without a to-do list attached.
Rising sign
Capricorn
13° Capricorn 11'
Capricorn rising comes across as composed and capable, and people with it tend to seem older than their age when young, then younger than their age later. Responsibility is likely to land on Zac without their asking for it.
The chart wheel
Drawn for 13:22 on 18 October 1987, with the eastern horizon on the left. How to read a chart wheel
Placements
| Sun | 24° Libra 54' | House 9 |
|---|---|---|
| Moon | 9° Virgo 41' | House 8 |
| Mercury | 12° Scorpio 54'℞ | House 10 |
| Venus | 9° Scorpio 56' | House 10 |
| Mars | 6° Libra 27' | House 9 |
| Jupiter | 24° Aries 38'℞ | House 3 |
| Saturn | 17° Sagittarius 19' | House 11 |
| Uranus | 23° Sagittarius 38' | House 12 |
| Neptune | 5° Capricorn 29' | House 12 |
| Pluto | 9° Scorpio 18' | House 10 |
| North Node | 2° Aries 17' | House 3 |
| South Node | 2° Libra 17' | House 9 |
Zac Efron’s planets, sign by sign
Each planet by sign and house: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about Zac Efron’s private life.
Sun in Libra
24° Libra 54' · ninth house
purpose and vitality
With the Sun in Libra, Zac Efron's vitality is likely to rise in good company, and purpose to feel real when they are creating balance or beauty with other people. The risk is losing their own direction while managing everyone else's. Deciding alone is probably harder for them than deciding with a second opinion in the room.
The Sun in the ninth house lets travel, ideas and a bigger philosophy of life shape the person Zac is becoming, more than any single job or role could. They need room to explore new places and new questions, or they start to feel smaller and duller than they are.
Moon in Virgo
9° Virgo 41' · eighth house
needs and habits
The Moon in Virgo runs towards order, and a messy space or an unfinished list can unsettle Zac's mood more than most people would guess. Small, useful tasks are calming. The trouble can start when Zac's own needs become another chore to get right instead of something to enjoy.
Zac probably feels things at a depth other people sometimes miss, and the Moon in the eighth house wants tested trust before anyone is allowed to see that undercurrent. When the guard does come down with someone, the bond is apt to change for good.
Mercury in Scorpio
12° Scorpio 54' ℞ · tenth house
mind and voice
With Mercury in Scorpio, Zac tends to think in layers, looking for what is not being said as much as what is spoken aloud. Once they have decided to speak they can be very direct, and until then, silent. The tension is suspecting a hidden motive where there is only an ordinary one.
With Mercury in the tenth house, Zac is apt to think strategically about reputation and the next move at work, and to turn a plan over privately long before anyone else knows it exists. Clear, well-timed communication may be the skill this placement leans on most.
Venus in Scorpio
9° Scorpio 56' · tenth house
love and values
Venus in Scorpio loves intensely and privately, and Zac is likely to value depth and total honesty over ease. Testing loyalty can create the very distance this placement fears most. There is an all-or-nothing quality to how this Venus commits, with little interest in anything in between.
Venus in the tenth house brings Zac's charm and diplomacy into public life, and is linked with being easy to work alongside. Work that lets them create, connect or beautify something is likely to suit them far better than work built on pure competition.
Mars in Libra
6° Libra 27' · ninth house
drive and anger
In Zac's chart, Mars in Libra acts diplomatically and prefers negotiation to confrontation, and its anger tends to stay buried until it is too big to ignore. Avoided consistently, conflict leaves resentment building underneath the calm surface. The pattern is saying yes to something that rankled, then feeling it later.
With Mars in the ninth house, Zac is likely to pursue new ideas, travel and beliefs with restless energy, and a good debate about philosophy or politics can fire them up for hours. They would rather go out and find the answer than sit and wait for it to arrive.
Jupiter in Aries
24° Aries 38' ℞ · third house
growth and excess
Jupiter in Aries grows through bold, direct action and taking the first step before feeling fully ready. Zac's overreach, on this reading, is starting more than can realistically be finished. A burst of confidence tends to get a new venture off the ground, whether or not the groundwork is in place.
With Jupiter in the third house, Zac is curious by nature and enjoys learning new things, and their ideas spread easily, shared with contagious enthusiasm. Teaching suits them well, and they rarely hoard what they know for its own sake.
Saturn in Sagittarius
17° Sagittarius 19' · eleventh house
discipline and doubt
Saturn in Sagittarius builds discipline around belief and meaning, testing a big idea hard before committing to it. In front of people who might challenge a conviction, Zac is likely to hedge. Over time, someone with this Saturn often becomes a credible voice on the very questions they once felt they had no right to answer.
With Saturn in the eleventh house, Zac may keep a smaller circle of friends, but holds on to those friends with loyalty over many years and without much fuss. Belonging to a group is likely to take longer to feel secure, and to be valued all the more for that.
Uranus in Sagittarius
23° Sagittarius 38' · twelfth house
freedom, generational
Uranus in Sagittarius is less about Zac than about the years around their birth. People of that age transform belief and access to knowledge, often through unprecedented exposure to other cultures and ideas. The personal trace is a restlessness with any single worldview presented as the only one.
Uranus in the twelfth house brings sudden insight in quiet or solitude, often surprising even Zac with where it comes from. Their inner world is apt to hold ideas that run ahead of language, waiting for the right moment to surface.
Neptune in Capricorn
5° Capricorn 29' · twelfth house
imagination, generational
Neptune in Capricorn is shared by Zac and about fourteen years of births. The imagination of the generation questions or idealises authority and ambition, often shaped by wide disillusionment with institutions. The personal version may be an uneasy relationship with conventional success.
The twelfth house is Neptune's natural home, and Zac's inner life is likely to be rich with imagination, intuition and a sense of connection to something larger than themselves. Neptune here makes solitude less about being alone and more about tuning in to what is already there.
Pluto in Scorpio
9° Scorpio 18' · tenth house
power, generational
Pluto is at home in Scorpio, and the generation born with it lives through profound upheavals in power, secrecy and shared taboos. Zac's own share may be an unusually deep comfort with intensity that others would find overwhelming.
Influence may matter more to Zac than surface status, and with Pluto in the tenth house, a working life that stops meaning something may well be reinvented. Pluto here is associated with caring more about public power than public popularity, two things that are easy to confuse.
Aspects in Zac Efron’s chart
How the planets stand to each other, tightest first.
Moon sextile Venus
0.2° applying
Warmth and emotional generosity are likely to come naturally to Zac Efron, because feeling and affection get along in this aspect. There is a gentle, likeable tenderness in it, the sort that makes people comfortable saying how they feel.
Sun opposition Jupiter
0.3° separating
The Sun opposite Jupiter can leave Zac torn between their own direction and the draw of other people's philosophies, mentors and offers. Finding their own confidence rather than borrowing someone else's is what turns this pull into growth they can stand behind.
Moon sextile Pluto
0.4° separating
Zac's feelings can draw on their depth without constant upheaval, which makes for a steady kind of emotional resilience. They probably recover from hard feelings more easily than might be expected, and often faster than the people watching.
Venus conjunction Pluto
0.6° separating
Love tends to run deep and complete under Venus conjunct Pluto, and Zac is likely to lean towards intensity over casual affection. Relationships gain depth from it. What takes practice is trusting a connection without needing to test it to prove it is real.
Mars square Neptune
1.0° separating
Under this square, drive can dissolve into confusion or self-doubt just when clarity matters most, especially around goals that involve other people's expectations. It helps Zac to separate the plan itself from the feeling of overwhelm that surrounds it.
Jupiter trine Uranus
1.0° applying
Jupiter trine Uranus gives Zac a knack for spotting unconventional opportunities before other people do, which is what a sense of possibility and originality produce together. Growth arrives through new directions, ones a more cautious approach would probably have missed.
The rest, listed without a reading. Those between Uranus, Neptune and Pluto hold for years at a time, so everyone born while one holds shares it.
- Sun sextile Uranus1.3°
- Mercury conjunction Venus3.0°
- Moon sextile Mercury3.2°
- Mercury conjunction Pluto3.6°
- Neptune sextile Pluto3.8°
- Moon trine Neptune4.2°
- Venus sextile Neptune4.4°
- Saturn conjunction Uranus6.3°
- Moon square Saturn7.6°
Zac Efron in couples
Relationships as Wikidata records them, each with the match between the two charts.
Libra Sun and Virgo Moon, like Zac Efron
Also born on 18 October
Zac Efron in the StarMap archive
Pages from the celebrity-homes site StarMap used to be, newest first.
How this page is made
Planet positions are computed with the astronomy-engine ephemeris and checked against Swiss Ephemeris. Birth dates and places come from Wikidata; the birth time comes from Astro-Databank and is shown with its Rodden rating. The readings describe what a placement is traditionally taken to mean. They are written by StarMap for reflection and entertainment, not as statements about the person’s private life. New to charts? How to read a birth chart.
Birth data: Wikidata, Astro-Databank (BC/BR in hand). Birth time rated AA on the Rodden scale. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on the file page).
StarMap is for entertainment and self-reflection. It does not predict health, money or legal outcomes.