Cameron Diaz, born in San Diego, California, signed with Elite Model Management while still in high school, and The Mask (1994) was her first film. My Best Friend's Wedding (1997) and There's Something About Mary (1998) made her a leading comic actress, and Any Given Sunday and Being John Malkovich followed in 1999. She starred in Charlie's Angels (2000) and its 2003 sequel, voiced Princess Fiona in the Shrek films from 2001, and appeared in Vanilla Sky (2001) and Gangs of New York (2002). The Holiday (2006) came later, and she has four Golden Globe nominations. Her health book The Body Book (2013) was a New York Times bestseller. After Annie (2014) she stepped away from acting, returning in Back in Action (2025).
A birth certificate quoted in February 2001
The Source Notes read: "Frank C. Clifford quotes B.C., 2/2001." B.C. is a birth certificate, and the entry lists 2:53 a.m. under an AA rating.
The source gives no other hour. San Diego kept Pacific Daylight Time, seven hours behind Greenwich.
| Point | Sign at birth | In that sign | Before and after |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rising sign | ♋︎ Cancer | 1:10 a.m. to 3:27 a.m. | Gemini before, Leo after |
| Midheaven | ♈︎ Aries | 2:14 a.m. to 4:05 a.m. | Pisces before, Taurus after |
| Moon | ♉︎ Taurus | midnight to 3:55 p.m. | Gemini after |
Rising sign, midheaven and Moon calculated by us, San Diego, California, Pacific Daylight Time (UTC-7).
Venus 1°20′ short of the Cancer ascendant
Cancer held the San Diego horizon from 1:10 a.m. to 3:27 a.m. The birth falls 103 minutes in, with 34 to go. The ascendant is 22°40′ Cancer, and Venus at 21°20′ of Cancer waits just beneath it, the next planet to rise.
Tradition gives a planet near the ascendant extra weight in a first impression, and Venus there suggests charm and a taste for harmony. Placidus counts it a 12th-house planet, Whole Sign a 1st-house one.
Our pages: Cancer rising · Venus in Cancer · 1st house · 12th house · rising sign calculator.
A Taurus Moon on its last day in the sign
The Moon came into Taurus at 1:43 p.m. on August 28, so it was 37.2 hours into the sign at birth, and it leaves at 3:56 p.m. that afternoon. At 22°15′ it occupies the 11th house under either system, which tradition ties to friends and shared hopes.
Astrologers call Taurus the Moon's most settled sign, and the sextile to Venus, 0°55′ from exact, ties it to the planet that rules Taurus. The Moon also squares Mercury, 2°17′ off, a looser friction between feeling and speech.
Our pages: Moon in Taurus · 11th house · moon sign calculator · Sun, Moon and rising together.
Mercury sextile Saturn, the closest pair at 0°22′
Mercury at 19°58′ of Leo and Saturn at 19°36′ of Gemini are 0°22′ from an exact sextile, closer than any other pair. Gemini is a Mercury sign, so Saturn stands in the home of the planet it aspects, which the tradition reads as thought given structure.
Saturn also trines Uranus in Libra, 3°26′ wide, and Mercury sextiles Uranus, 3°48′ off, so an air trine runs beneath the pair. Mercury is in the 2nd house; Saturn moves from the 11th (Placidus) to the 12th (Whole Sign).
Our pages: Mercury in Leo · Saturn in Gemini · Uranus in Libra · 2nd house.
Sun and Mars side by side in Virgo, with Neptune squaring the Sun
The Sun at 7°07′ of Virgo and Mars at 9°46′ are joined within 2°40′. Placidus puts both in the 2nd house, Whole Sign in the 3rd. Mars beside the Sun suggests drive that works through detail, in the sign of craft and routine.
Neptune at 2°33′ of Sagittarius squares the Sun, 4°33′ from exact, and the Sun trines Jupiter, 8°35′ wide. Five of the ten bodies sit in mutable signs, which tradition ties to adaptability.
Our pages: Virgo · Mars in Virgo · Neptune in Sagittarius · 3rd house.
Jupiter late in Sagittarius, Pluto at the start of Libra
Jupiter at 28°32′ of Sagittarius is near the end of its sign, while Pluto at 0°58′ of Libra has just begun its own. They square each other, 2°26′ from exact, and Neptune sextiles Pluto within 1°36′.
Jupiter is in the 6th house under both systems, the area of daily work. A square between Jupiter and Pluto suggests ambition meeting a force that tests it. Pluto spends years in each sign, so its sign says more about a generation than a person. The midheaven is 10°39′ Aries.
Our pages: Jupiter in Sagittarius · Pluto in Libra · Midheaven in Aries · 6th house.
All major aspects between the planets in Cameron Diaz's chart
- Mercury sextile Saturn orb 0°22′
- Moon sextile Venus orb 0°55′
- Neptune sextile Pluto orb 1°36′
- Moon square Mercury orb 2°17′
- Jupiter square Pluto orb 2°26′
- Sun conjunction Mars orb 2°40′
- Saturn trine Uranus orb 3°26′
- Mercury sextile Uranus orb 3°48′
- Sun square Neptune orb 4°33′
- Venus square Uranus orb 5°09′
- Mars square Neptune orb 7°13′
- Sun trine Jupiter orb 8°35′
- Moon trine Pluto orb 8°42′
Orbs: 8° for conjunction, opposition, square and trine, 6° for sextile, 2° more when the Sun or Moon is involved; Node, Lilith, Ascendant and Midheaven not counted. Same rules as our birth chart calculator.
Questions about Cameron Diaz's chart
Which sign rose for Cameron Diaz?
Cancer, at 22°40′ Cancer, from 1:10 a.m. until 3:27 a.m.
Which sign holds her Sun?
Virgo, at 7°07′, with Mars 2°40′ away.
Where is her Moon?
In Taurus at 22°15′, 11th house, since 1:43 p.m. on August 28.
When was she born?
In San Diego on August 30, 1972, at 2:53 a.m., by a certificate Frank C. Clifford reported.
Where is Venus in her chart?
At 21°20′ of Cancer, 1°20′ before the ascendant.
Which pair is nearest to exact?
Mercury and Saturn in a sextile, 0°22′ away.
Sources
- Astronomy Engine: the open-source ephemeris library behind our planet positions, dates and statistics
- Astro-Databank (Astrodienst): published birth charts we test the calculation against
- How we create our readings: our own calculation of sign dates, positions and the 1930 to 2025 statistics
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Astrology is a symbolic tradition, not a science. This page explains what the tradition says about the placements in a published chart; it makes no claims about Cameron Diaz's character, health or private life. Birth data: Astro-Databank (Astrodienst), checked October 20, 2026. Positions: our calculation with the astronomy-engine ephemeris; it matches the Sun, Moon and ascendant degrees Astro-Databank publishes for this chart to within one arc minute.