Frank Sinatra was an American singer, conductor and actor. He won Major Bowes' Amateur Hour in 1935 with the Hoboken Four and joined the Harry James band in 1939. He signed with Columbia Records as a solo artist in 1943 and released The Voice of Frank Sinatra in 1946. From Here to Eternity (1953) won him the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, and he starred in Guys and Dolls (1955). At Capitol Records, with arrangements by Nelson Riddle, he made In the Wee Small Hours (1955) and Songs for Swingin' Lovers! (1956). He founded Reprise Records in 1960. "Strangers in the Night" (1966) won Record of the Year at the Grammys, and "Theme from New York, New York" came out in 1980. The Kennedy Center Honors followed in 1983. He died on May 14, 1998.
His father's word, passed on by an astrologer
Astro-Databank's note reads in full: "Lynne Palmer quotes his dad." The entry is graded A, a time given from memory rather than read from a certificate. No second hour is on file.
Libra held the Hoboken horizon from 12:37 a.m. to 3:08 a.m., so the recorded 3 a.m. falls late in that stretch. The Moon stays in Pisces all day.
| Point | Sign at birth | In that sign | Before and after |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rising sign | ♎︎ Libra | 12:37 a.m. to 3:08 a.m. | Virgo before, Scorpio after |
| Midheaven | ♌︎ Leo | 2:46 a.m. to 4:44 a.m. | Cancer before, Virgo after |
| Moon | ♓︎ Pisces | all day | n/a |
Rising sign, midheaven and Moon calculated by us for Hoboken, New Jersey, Eastern Standard Time (UTC-5).
Neptune at the door of a Leo midheaven
The midheaven is 3°36′ Leo. Leo held that point from 2:46 a.m. to 4:44 a.m., so the birth falls 14 minutes after Leo arrived at the top. Retrograde Neptune stands at 2°19′ of Leo, 1°16′ short of it.
The midheaven is the point of public standing, and Leo there suggests a visible, performing role. Neptune is the planet of glamour and blurred edges, so astrologers read it beside this point as an image shaped partly by an audience's imagination. Neptune is a 9th-house planet in Placidus and an 11th-house one in Whole Sign.
Our pages: Midheaven in Leo · Mars in Leo · 9th house · 11th house · how to read a birth chart.
Sun and Jupiter at right angles, Sagittarius against Pisces
The Sun at 19°13′ of Sagittarius squares Jupiter at 19°53′ of Pisces within 0°40′, the tightest aspect here. Jupiter rules Sagittarius, so the square sets the Sun against its own ruler, which the tradition reads as a taste for scale.
Mercury at 17°10′ stands 2°03′ from the Sun and squares Jupiter within 2°43′. Both sit in the 2nd house by one method and the 3rd by the other, houses of resources and of speech, which ties voice and message to the Sun.
Our pages: Sagittarius · Mercury in Sagittarius · Jupiter in Pisces · 2nd house · 3rd house.
Libra rising, with its ruler Venus in Capricorn
Libra rose over Hoboken at 12:37 a.m., and Scorpio replaced it at 3:08 a.m., 8 minutes later. The ascendant at 28°22′ Libra goes with a courteous, balanced first impression.
Venus, the ruler of Libra, stands at 11°56′ of Capricorn. It opposes retrograde Saturn at 14°52′ of Cancer within 2°56′, so charm and restraint pull against each other. Venus is in the 3rd house in Placidus, the 4th in Whole Sign.
Our pages: Libra rising · Venus in Capricorn · Saturn in Cancer · 4th house · rising sign calculator.
Moon in Pisces since the evening before
The Moon crossed into Pisces at 5:57 p.m. on December 11, 9.1 hours before the birth, and leaves for Aries at 12:30 a.m. on December 14. At 5°07′ it sits with Jupiter, the older ruler of Pisces. The Moon is in the 4th house in Placidus, the 6th in Whole Sign.
The Moon trines retrograde Pluto at 2°32′ of Cancer within 2°35′, a water trine that goes with deep, easy-flowing feeling. Whole Sign places Pluto in the 10th house, of career.
Our pages: Moon in Pisces · Pluto in Cancer · 6th house · 10th house · moon sign calculator.
Fire and water in equal measure, Uranus alone in air
Four planets stand in fire: the Sun and Mercury in Sagittarius, Mars at 27°34′ and Neptune in Leo. Four stand in water: the Moon and Jupiter in Pisces, Saturn and Pluto in Cancer. Venus alone holds earth, and Uranus at 12°48′ of Aquarius alone holds air.
Equal parts fire and water stand for drive and feeling in balance. Uranus sextiles Mercury within 4°22′, and four planets in mutable signs point to adaptability.
Our pages: Uranus in Aquarius · Mars in Leo · Sun, Moon and rising together.
All major aspects between the planets in Frank Sinatra's chart
- Sun square Jupiter orb 0°40′
- Sun conjunction Mercury orb 2°03′
- Moon trine Pluto orb 2°35′
- Mercury square Jupiter orb 2°43′
- Venus opposition Saturn orb 2°56′
- Mercury sextile Uranus orb 4°22′
- Mars sextile Pluto orb 4°58′
- Jupiter trine Saturn orb 5°01′
- Sun sextile Uranus orb 6°26′
- Moon sextile Venus orb 6°48′
- Moon opposition Mars orb 7°33′
- Sun trine Mars orb 8°21′
- Moon trine Saturn orb 9°44′
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 Sinatra's chart
Which sign rises for Frank Sinatra?
Libra, at 28°22′ Libra, on the 3 a.m. hour.
Which sign holds his Moon?
Pisces, at 5°07′, after crossing in at 5:57 p.m. on December 11.
What is his Sun sign?
The Sun is at 19°13′ of Sagittarius.
What time and where was he born?
3:00 a.m. on December 12, 1915, in Hoboken, New Jersey, from his father via Lynne Palmer and graded A.
Where does Neptune stand?
In Leo at 2°19′, 1°16′ before the midheaven.
What is the closest aspect?
Sun square Jupiter, within 0°40′.
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 Sinatra'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.