Cazimi

Cazimi describes a planet sitting at the very heart of the Sun, within about seventeen arcminutes of an exact conjunction, which is a tiny fraction of a degree. The word comes from an Arabic phrase meaning in the heart, and unlike the surrounding condition of combustion, cazimi is considered one of the most fortunate placements a planet can have. Where a combust planet is burned and weakened by the Sun's glare, a cazimi planet is thought to be taken into the Sun's protection and raised up. It is enthroned rather than overwhelmed, and the matters it governs can shine with unusual clarity and strength. The condition is rare because the planet must be almost exactly conjunct the Sun. The difference between cazimi and combustion is a matter of degree in the most literal sense, since a planet only slightly farther from the Sun is burned rather than blessed. A cazimi planet in a birth chart marks a strikingly empowered point. The work of a cazimi planet is to make the most of its rare clarity, expressing its nature at full and confident strength.