Birth Chart
Tina Modotti
Assunta Adelaide Luigia Modotti Mondini
Sun Leo
Moon Sagittarius
Ascendant Libra
Influences in signs
↣ Sun in Leo - 23°59' - in house 10
↣ Moon in Sagittarius - 00°59' - in house 2
↣ Mercury in Virgo - 08°55' - in house 11
↣ Venus in Virgo - 04°26' - in house 11
↣ Mars in Gemini - 00°11' - in house 8
↣ Jupiter in Leo - 20°58' - in house 10
↣ Saturn in Scorpio - 13°14' - in house 1
↣ Uranus in Scorpio - 20°35' - in house 1/2
↣ Neptune in Gemini - 19°56' - in house 8/9
↣ Pluto in Gemini - 13°37' - in house 8
↣ North Node in Aquarius - 24°35' - in house 4 - retrograde
↣ Ascendant in Libra - 28°51' - in house 1
↣ Midheaven in Leo - 06°09' - in house 10
↣ Equatorial Ascendant in Scorpio - 10°58'
Influences in houses
↣ Sun in house 10
↣ Moon in house 2
↣ Mercury in house 11
↣ Venus in house 11
↣ Mars in house 8
↣ Jupiter in house 10
↣ Saturn in house 1
↣ Uranus in house 1/2
↣ Neptune in house 8/9
↣ Pluto in house 8
↣ North Node in house 4
↣ Ascendant in house 1
↣ Midheaven in house 10
Aspects
↣ Sun and Venus conjunction (10°27' separating)
↣ Sun and Mars square (6°12' applying)
↣ Sun and Jupiter conjunction (3°01' separating)
↣ Sun and Saturn antiparallel
↣ Sun and Uranus square (3°24' separating)
↣ Sun and Neptune sextile (4°03' separating)
↣ Sun and Pluto parallel
↣ Sun and North Node opposition (0°37' applying) antiparallel
↣ Sun and Ascendant sextile (4°52' separating)
↣ Moon and Venus square (3°26' applying)
↣ Moon and Mars opposition (0°48' separating)
↣ Moon and North Node square (6°24' separating)
↣ Moon and Midheaven trine (5°09' separating)
↣ Mercury and Venus conjunction (4°29' separating)
↣ Mercury and Saturn sextile (4°19' applying)
↣ Mercury and Pluto square (4°42' applying)
↣ Mercury and Equatorial Ascendant sextile (2°03' separating)
↣ Venus and Mars square (4°15' separating)
↣ Venus and Pluto parallel
↣ Venus and Ascendant sextile (5°34' applying) antiparallel
↣ Mars and North Node square (5°36' separating)
↣ Mars and Midheaven sextile (5°58' separating) parallel
↣ Jupiter and Uranus square (0°23' separating)
↣ Jupiter and Neptune sextile (1°02' separating)
↣ Jupiter and North Node opposition (3°37' applying)
↣ Saturn and Uranus conjunction (7°21' applying)
↣ Saturn and North Node parallel
↣ Saturn and Equatorial Ascendant conjunction (2°16' applying)
↣ Uranus and North Node square (4°00' applying)
↣ Uranus and Equatorial Ascendant conjunction (9°37' applying)
↣ Neptune and Pluto conjunction (6°19' separating)
↣ Neptune and North Node trine (4°39' applying)
↣ North Node and Ascendant trine (4°16' separating)
Birth data
- Original name
- Assunta Adelaide Luigia Modotti Mondini
- Chart date
- 16/08/1896
- Chart time
- 11:00
- Date and time quality
- AA Birth record cited what does this mean?
- Data origin
- Astro-Databank
- Location
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Udine, Italy - Latitude and longitude
- 46°03' North · 13°14' East
- Time zone
- 01:00 East
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About
Tina Modotti was an Italian photographer and political activist whose artistic career was established in Mexico during the 1920s and 1930s. She began working in the performing arts and as a model in the United States, but it was her contact with photographer Edward Weston that launched her into photography, where she developed a modernist aesthetic focused on people and everyday life.
In Mexico, Modotti became a central figure in the avant‑garde cultural scene, documenting muralists such as José Clemente Orozco and Diego Rivera and creating lyrical images of workers, peasants, architecture, and nature. Her 1929 retrospective attracted wide attention and cemented her reputation as a photographer committed to social themes.
From the mid‑1920s she became politically engaged, joined the Communist Party, and began contributing to progressive magazines, which brought her photographic work closer to revolutionary causes. Her activism also placed her under surveillance and exposed her to criticism in a period of strong repression.
Modotti’s legacy lies in the combination of aesthetic sensitivity and political commitment, which influenced later generations of photographers interested in linking imagery with social protest.
