Vanessa Hudgens is an American actress and singer from Salinas, California. She made her film debut in Thirteen (2003) and became widely known as Gabriella Montez in the High School Musical films (2006 to 2008), whose song "Breaking Free" reached number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100. Hollywood Records released her albums V (2006) and Identified (2008). Her later films include Bandslam (2009), Sucker Punch (2011), Spring Breakers (2013), The Princess Switch (2018), Bad Boys for Life (2020) and Tick, Tick... Boom! (2021). On stage she played the title role in Gigi on Broadway in 2015, then Rizzo in Grease: Live (2016) and Maureen in Rent: Live (2019).
A certificate Viktor E. had in hand
Astro-Databank's source note says the certificate was "in hand" with the collector Viktor E., who saw the document itself. That is the basis for the top grade.
The record gives 9:27 p.m. Pacific Standard Time, and the entry lists no other time.
| Point | Sign at birth | In that sign | Before and after |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rising sign | ♌︎ Leo | 7:36 p.m. to 10:03 p.m. | Cancer before, Virgo after |
| Midheaven | ♉︎ Taurus | 8:23 p.m. to 10:21 p.m. | Aries before, Gemini after |
| Moon | ♓︎ Pisces | 3:53 a.m. to midnight | Aquarius before |
Rising sign, midheaven and Moon calculated by us, Salinas, California, Pacific Standard Time (UTC-8).
Mercury and Uranus, 0°25′ from exact
Mercury at 1°09′ and Uranus at 0°45′ of Capricorn make the narrowest aspect in the chart, a conjunction only 0°25′ wide. The tradition reads Mercury's thinking and talk joined to Uranus's abrupt originality as a mind that jumps to unusual ideas fast.
Saturn at 3°37′ lies 2°28′ past Mercury and puts a limit around that restlessness. Neptune at 9°17′ adds imagination to the same sign of discipline.
Our pages: Mercury in Capricorn · Uranus in Capricorn · Saturn in Capricorn · Neptune in Capricorn.
Placidus gathers five in the 5th house
Placidus seats the Sun, Mercury, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune together in the 5th house, the area astrologers link to performing and creative play. No other house of her chart holds as many.
Whole Sign divides the group. The Sun keeps the 5th, but the four Capricorn bodies slide into the 6th, which covers daily work and craft.
Leo in the east, Pluto low in the chart
Leo held the Salinas horizon from 7:36 p.m. to 10:03 p.m., with the degree at 22°33′ Leo rising 111 minutes after it began. A Leo ascendant gets a generous, noticeable first impression in chart reading, and the Sun that rules it sits in Sagittarius, another fire sign.
Pluto at 14°03′ of Scorpio sits just 2°36′ off the IC, the chart's lowest angle, tied to family ground and early years. A planet that close is read as intensity in the foundations. Placidus files Pluto under the 3rd house, Whole Sign under the 4th.
Our pages: Leo rising · Pluto in Scorpio · 4th house · rising sign calculator.
Scorpio Venus facing Jupiter in Taurus
Venus at 26°52′ of Scorpio opposes retrograde Jupiter at 28°14′ of Taurus, 1°22′ from exact. Scorpio and Taurus face each other across the zodiac, and astrologers read the tension as intense attachment set against a love of comfort.
Jupiter sits high in the chart, in the 10th house under Placidus and Whole Sign alike, the place for reputation, and Taurus is her midheaven sign too. It reached the top at 8:23 p.m., and the midheaven is 16°40′ Taurus. Venus falls in the 4th.
Our pages: Venus in Scorpio · Jupiter in Taurus · Midheaven in Taurus · 10th house.
A Pisces Moon, sextile Neptune 1°00′ off
The Moon at 10°17′ of Pisces entered its sign at 3:53 a.m. on her birthday and leaves for Aries at 7:04 a.m. on December 16. It sextiles Neptune, 1°00′ off, a link taken as mood that turns easily into imagery.
It also trines Pluto, 3°46′ off, a water link to the Scorpio planet near the IC. Counted by Placidus the Moon is a 7th-house planet, tied to one-to-one bonds, and counted by Whole Sign it moves to the 8th.
Our pages: Moon in Pisces · moon sign calculator · 7th house · Sun, Moon and rising together.
All major aspects between the planets in Vanessa Hudgens's chart
- Mercury conjunction Uranus orb 0°25′
- Moon sextile Neptune orb 1°00′
- Venus opposition Jupiter orb 1°22′
- Mercury conjunction Saturn orb 2°28′
- Saturn conjunction Uranus orb 2°52′
- Mars square Neptune orb 2°54′
- Moon trine Pluto orb 3°46′
- Neptune sextile Pluto orb 4°46′
- Saturn conjunction Neptune orb 5°41′
- Moon sextile Saturn orb 6°41′
- Sun conjunction Uranus orb 7°16′
- Sun conjunction Mercury orb 7°41′
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 Vanessa Hudgens's chart
Which sign rises for Vanessa Hudgens?
Leo, at 22°33′ Leo, from 7:36 p.m. to 10:03 p.m. on December 14, 1988.
Is Vanessa Hudgens a Sagittarius?
Yes, the Sun stood at 23°28′ of Sagittarius on December 14, 1988.
Where is her Moon?
In Pisces, at 10°17′; it entered the sign at 3:53 a.m. that morning.
Where does her birth time come from?
A document the collector Viktor E. saw gives 9:27 p.m. in Salinas.
Which aspect is the tightest?
Mercury conjunct Uranus, 0°25′ from exact.
What sign is on her midheaven?
Taurus, at 16°40′ Taurus, which took the midheaven at 8:23 p.m.
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 Vanessa Hudgens'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.