Conditions
Cazimi
Modern
When a planet is in the exact heart of the Sun, within about sixteen arcminutes. Rather than being burned up, the planet is considered enthroned and unusually empowered. (from the Arabic for being in the heart) is a planet sitting within about sixteen arcminutes of the Sun's exact degree. Where a planet merely close to the Sun is When a planet sits very close to the Sun and is lost in its glare, usually within about eight degrees. The planet's meaning is said to be weakened or overwhelmed. and weakened, one in the very heart is the rare exception: fused with the solar light, it is empowered, clarified, and elevated, its function infused with conscious purpose. A tight and uncommon condition, cazimi marks a planet of unusual strength and focus. Read it as a function lit up from within rather than overwhelmed.
Traditional (Hellenistic)
Cazimi, from the Arabic for being in the heart, is a planet within roughly sixteen or seventeen arcminutes of the exact degree of the Sun, seated in its very heart. Although this lies within the range that would otherwise burn a planet, the heart itself is a place of honor rather than harm: the planet is greatly strengthened and dignified, like a counselor admitted to the king's own throne. Lilly counted cazimi a major dignity, equal in strength to a planet in its own sign. Read a cazimi planet as powerfully elevated and protected.
- cazimi
- heart of the sun
- empowered
Sources
- Lilly, Christian Astrology (1647)Counts cazimi a major dignity, the planet within 17 arcminutes of the Sun.
- Bonatti, Book of AstronomyTreats the planet in the heart of the Sun as strengthened, not burned.
- Brennan, Hellenistic Astrology: The Study of Fate and Fortune (2017)Explains the heart of the Sun among the solar phases.