Astrol. Obs. ‘Among the Arabian astronomers the center or middle of the sun’ (Chambers, Cycl. Supp.). In cazimi: said of a planet when distant not more than 17 minutes, or half its apparent diameter, from the sun.
1614. Tomkis, Albumazar, in Dodsley (1780), VII. 171 (N.).
| With astrolabe and meteroroscope | |
| I’ll find the cusp and alfridaria, | |
| And know what planet is in cazimi. |
1632. Massinger, City Madam, II. ii. (1658), 25. Saturn out of all dignities … and Venus in the South angle elevated above him,… in Cazini of the Sun,… declare … rule, preheminence, and absolute soveraignty in women.
1647. Lilly, Chr. Astrol., xix. 113. A Planet is in the heart of the Sunne, or in Cazimi, when he is not removed from him 17. min. [Hence in Phillips, Kersey, Bailey, etc.]
