Keke Palmer made her film debut in Barbershop 2: Back in Business in 2004 and rose to prominence in 2006 as Akeelah Anderson in Akeelah and the Bee. Her debut album, So Uncool, came out on Atlantic Records in 2007. In 2021 she won a Primetime Emmy Award for Turnt Up with the Taylors, and in 2022 she played Emerald Haywood in Jordan Peele's Nope.
Her own words, found in 2025
The 3:16 a.m. Central Daylight Time carries an A in Astro-Databank because the source is her memory, not a document. In October 2025 Jonathan Champ wrote that on her podcast, Baby, This Is Keke Palmer, she says her birth time is 3:16 AM, at the 9:02 mark of an episode with Tyler Lepley and Serayah. The date comes from her tweet "August 26 1993", quoted by Sy Scholfield.
Before that the entry carried a guess; its note says "A speculative time of 3 AM was used to generate this chart." Both times give Cancer rising, but the ascendant at 3:00 a.m. is 25°04′ Cancer, which matters for Venus below.
| Birth time | Where it came from | Rising sign | Moon |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3:16 a.m. | her statement on her podcast, found October 2025; rated A | ♋︎ Cancer 28°15′ | Sagittarius |
| 3:00 a.m. | the earlier speculative time in the record | ♋︎ Cancer 25°04′ | Sagittarius |
| Point | Sign at birth | In that sign | Before and after |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rising sign | ♋︎ Cancer | 1:02 a.m. to 3:24 a.m. | Gemini before, Leo after |
| Midheaven | ♈︎ Aries | 2:33 a.m. to 4:23 a.m. | Pisces before, Taurus after |
| Moon | ♐︎ Sagittarius | midnight to 8:57 a.m. | Capricorn after |
Rising sign, midheaven and Moon calculated by us for each time, Harvey, Illinois, Central Daylight Time. The 3:00 a.m. row is the earlier speculative time.
What she told Marie Claire
The interview is Jen Ortiz's, Marie Claire, September 15, 2016. Palmer said: "My rising sign (which is what you present to the world) is Cancer, my sun sign (who you're supposed to grow into) is Virgo, and my moon sign (the sign that really knows you) is Sagittarius."
The Sun is at 3°07′ of Virgo, which it entered at 9:51 p.m. on August 22. The Moon is at 26°55′ of Sagittarius and stays there through 8:57 a.m. on her birthday.
Our pages: Virgo · Cancer rising · Moon in Sagittarius · Sun, Moon and rising together.
Venus "right on" the ascendant
Astro-Databank says an astrologer on Just Keke noted a Sun in the 2nd house and Venus in Cancer in the 1st house "right on" the ascendant. The chart supports it: Venus is at 28°27′ of Cancer, 0°12′ past the ascendant at 28°15′, and in the 1st house whichever system you use. The Sun is a 2nd-house planet under Placidus and a 3rd-house one under Whole Sign.
The remark is sensitive to the minute. The ascendant climbs about 12 minutes of arc per clock minute and reaches the degree of Venus at 3:17 a.m., one minute after 3:16. At the earlier guess of 3:00 a.m. it is still 3°23′ short, too wide a gap for "right on". In the tradition, a planet this close to the ascendant shades how a person comes across.
Our pages: Venus in Cancer · 1st house · 2nd house · rising sign calculator.
Cancer holds the ascendant until 3:24 a.m.
Cancer rose over Harvey at 1:02 a.m. and stays up through 3:24 a.m. She was born 134 minutes into that window and eight minutes before Leo takes over at 3:25 a.m. The midheaven is at 11°54′ Aries, in Aries from 2:33 a.m. to 4:23 a.m.
Our pages: Cancer rising · Leo rising · Midheaven in Aries.
Sagittarius Moon, sextile Saturn
The Moon entered Sagittarius at 2:46 a.m. on August 24 and leaves for Capricorn at 8:58 a.m. on her birthday. Retrograde Saturn, at 26°28′ of Aquarius, sextiles it, 0°27′ from exact, an aspect the tradition counts as easygoing.
Our pages: Moon in Sagittarius · Saturn in Aquarius · 6th house · moon sign calculator.
Mercury crossed into Virgo at 2:07 a.m.
Mercury is at 0°06′ of Virgo; it entered the sign at 2:07 a.m., 69 minutes before she was born. The Sun at 3°07′ is 3°01′ from it, and Placidus puts both in house 2, Whole Sign in house 3.
Our pages: Mercury in Virgo · Virgo.
Uranus and Neptune, shared by everyone born in 1993
Uranus at 18°38′ and Neptune at 18°42′ of Capricorn, both retrograde, are 0°03′ apart, the closest pair of planets here. The conjunction is generational. The two stayed within about a degree of each other all through 1993 and met exactly in February, August and October, so everyone born that year has it. Only the house is hers, the 6th under Placidus and the 7th under Whole Sign.
Our pages: Uranus in Capricorn · Neptune in Capricorn · 7th house.
All major aspects between the planets in Keke Palmer's chart
- Uranus conjunction Neptune orb 0°03′
- Moon sextile Saturn orb 0°27′
- Sun conjunction Mercury orb 3°01′
- Moon trine Mercury orb 3°11′
- Saturn square Pluto orb 3°36′
- Mercury opposition Saturn orb 3°37′
- Neptune sextile Pluto orb 4°11′
- Uranus sextile Pluto orb 4°14′
- Jupiter square Uranus orb 4°35′
- Jupiter square Neptune orb 4°38′
- Mars conjunction Jupiter orb 4°58′
- Venus trine Pluto orb 5°34′
- Sun trine Moon orb 6°12′
- Sun opposition Saturn orb 6°38′
- Mercury square Pluto orb 7°13′
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 Keke Palmer's chart
What rising sign does Keke Palmer have?
Cancer, as she told Marie Claire. The ascendant is at 28°15′ of Cancer and stays in Cancer until 3:24 a.m.
Is 3:16 a.m. a documented birth time?
No. It is 3:16 a.m. Central Daylight Time, by her own words on her podcast, and Astro-Databank rates it A. The earlier 3:00 a.m. was a guess.
Is Keke Palmer's Venus on her ascendant?
Almost: Venus is 0°12′ past it.
Is Keke Palmer a Virgo?
Yes: on August 26, 1993 the Sun was at 3°07′ of Virgo.
Which sign is her Moon in?
Sagittarius, at 26°55′, until 8:58 a.m. that day.
Does she have Uranus conjunct Neptune?
Yes, 0°03′ apart in Capricorn, but so does everyone born in 1993.
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 Keke Palmer'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.