Frank Ocean is an American singer and songwriter from Long Beach, California. He began as a songwriter for other artists, joined the Los Angeles collective Odd Future in 2010 and released the mixtape Nostalgia, Ultra for free in February 2011. His debut studio album, Channel Orange (2012), won the Grammy Award for Best Urban Contemporary Album, and its single "Thinkin Bout You" was nominated for Record of the Year. He won a Brit Award in 2013. In August 2016 he issued the visual album Endless, then Blonde, which debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 and included "Nikes". Wikipedia counts two Grammy Awards.
A certificate that arrived by email
The Astro-Databank Source Notes begin: "Kameron Dew provided birth certificate by email." The time on it is 7:14 a.m., and a time read off the certificate itself is graded AA. No other hour appears in the file.
| Point | Sign at birth | In that sign | Before and after |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rising sign | ♏︎ Scorpio | 5:51 a.m. to 8:14 a.m. | Libra before, Sagittarius after |
| Midheaven | ♌︎ Leo | 5:36 a.m. to 7:35 a.m. | Cancer before, Virgo after |
| Moon | ♑︎ Capricorn | midnight to 11:26 p.m. | Aquarius after |
Rising sign, midheaven and Moon calculated by us, Long Beach, California, Pacific Standard Time (UTC-8).
Whole Sign puts four Scorpio bodies in the 1st house
The Sun at 4°40′, Mercury at 3°58′, Venus at 22°07′ and Pluto at 9°42′ all lie in Scorpio, the sign on the ascendant. Whole Sign houses let the rising sign fill the entire 1st house, so all four sit there, and a 1st house this full is read as a chart that shows itself plainly.
Placidus draws the houses differently. Only Venus stays in the 1st, 4°44′ past the ascendant, while the Sun, Mercury and Pluto drop back to the 12th, home of what is private and unseen.
Our pages: Venus in Scorpio · Mercury in Scorpio · Pluto in Scorpio · 1st house · 12th house.
Sun and Mercury, 0°42′ apart
The Sun and Mercury form the tightest aspect in the chart, a conjunction 0°42′ from exact. A Mercury this close to the Sun is read as thought and self so entwined that the mind rarely separates from the personality. Mercury is retrograde at 3°58′, which suggests an inward, revising habit of thinking.
The Sun entered Scorpio at 3:01 p.m. on October 23, 4.68 days before he was born, so it is still early in the sign. It also sextiles Neptune, 1°02′ off, at 5°41′ of Capricorn, and Mercury sextiles Neptune 1°44′ off.
Our pages: Scorpio · Mercury in Scorpio · Neptune in Capricorn · Mercury retrograde.
Scorpio in the east, Leo overhead
Scorpio held the Long Beach horizon from 5:51 a.m. to 8:14 a.m., and the birth came 83 minutes after it began, with Sagittarius next. Scorpio rising gives a guarded, watchful first impression.
The midheaven is 24°27′ Leo. Leo took it at 5:36 a.m., and Virgo follows 22 minutes after his birth. Leo overhead is taken as a visible, open public face, set against the secretive Scorpio horizon. Mars, the old ruler of Scorpio, stands at 12°46′ of Libra and falls in the 11th house of Placidus, the 12th of Whole Sign.
Our pages: Scorpio rising · Midheaven in Leo · Mars in Libra · rising sign calculator.
A Capricorn Moon with a sextile to Venus
The Moon at 20°26′ of Capricorn went into the sign at 8:33 p.m. on October 26 and leaves for Aquarius at 11:27 p.m. on his birthday. The 3rd house holds it either way, the house of words and short journeys. Capricorn is read as a measured, disciplined emotional style, a counterweight to the fixed water above it.
The Moon sextiles Venus, 1°42′ from exact, joining earth to water. That link suggests feeling and taste working in the same direction. Neptune shares the sign with the Moon, at 5°41′.
Our pages: Moon in Capricorn · 3rd house · moon sign calculator · Sun, Moon and rising together.
Jupiter and Uranus in a close fire trine
Retrograde Jupiter at 23°20′ of Aries trines Uranus at 24°03′ of Sagittarius, 0°43′ from exact, the second-closest aspect after the Sun and Mercury. A trine between expansive Jupiter and pattern-breaking Uranus is read as bold change that arrives with little friction.
Uranus lies in the 2nd house in both systems, with Saturn 5°50′ away in the same sign. Jupiter lands in the 5th house of creative work by one system and the 6th by the other. It also squares the Moon, 2°55′ off.
Our pages: Jupiter in Aries · Uranus in Sagittarius · Saturn in Sagittarius · 5th house.
All major aspects between the planets in Frank Ocean's chart
- Sun conjunction Mercury orb 0°42′
- Jupiter trine Uranus orb 0°43′
- Sun sextile Neptune orb 1°02′
- Moon sextile Venus orb 1°42′
- Mercury sextile Neptune orb 1°44′
- Moon square Jupiter orb 2°55′
- Neptune sextile Pluto orb 4°00′
- Sun conjunction Pluto orb 5°02′
- Jupiter trine Saturn orb 5°07′
- Mars sextile Saturn orb 5°27′
- Mercury conjunction Pluto orb 5°44′
- Saturn conjunction Uranus orb 5°50′
- Mars square Neptune orb 7°05′
- Moon square Mars orb 7°39′
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 Frank Ocean's chart
Which sign rises for Frank Ocean?
Scorpio, at 17°24′ Scorpio, from 5:51 a.m. to 8:14 a.m. that morning.
Is Frank Ocean a Scorpio?
Yes. Born October 28, 1987, he has the Sun at 4°40′ of Scorpio, with Mercury beside it.
Where is his Moon?
In Capricorn, at 20°26′, until 11:27 p.m. that night, when Aquarius takes over.
What time was he born?
At 7:14 in the morning in Long Beach, California, according to a birth certificate sent to Astro-Databank by email.
What is the tightest aspect in his chart?
The Sun conjunct Mercury, 0°42′ from exact.
Which sign tops his chart?
Leo, at 24°27′ Leo, on the midheaven since 5:36 a.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 Frank Ocean'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.