Analysis of the B You Hour on the Liu Yi Day
Original Text
六乙日生时乙酉，得逢金局火为奇；
用神遇木重重见，鬼绝寿伤反无依。
乙日乙酉时，身绝鬼旺，乙以辛为鬼，酉上辛旺乙绝。若通巳酉丑月，化金局者贵。如用神坐木，身旺不化，又见于酉，夭必贫。
乙丑日乙酉时高，生巳酉丑月，合金局，更行西运，大贵。寅午戌月，贫下。亥卯未月，吉。纯子年月，行南运，一二品贵。寅月火金，七品贵。申月水木，金紫贵。
乙卯日乙酉时，月通金局者贵。未寅年月，官至一二品。
乙巳日乙酉时，春吉。夏，伤官有制，好。秋，木弱金重，夭，不然有疾。冬，福厚亦夭。
乙未日乙酉时，拱贵格，无刑破者贵，有申填实则非。亥卯月，行西运，贵。
乙酉日乙酉时，旺处自刑，年月火土重，主灾。若通月气，透出印食，行火木运，大贵。地支纯酉，化成金象，但带印绶，贵不可言。最怕岁运遇官。
乙亥日乙酉时，春生，仁寿格，贵。寅月，行金火运，大贵。
日乾是乙时临酉，假煞为权身旺奇；身弱遇官徒费力，功名须待运通时。乙日时临乙酉，诞辰乙木无忧。其中权贵任求谋，无破功名定有。妻子早年克害，财源雨散云收。迁宗移祖免忧愁。中末家资成就。
Interpretation
For those born on a day with the Heavenly Stem of Yi and the Earthly Branch of You among the Six Yi days, it's remarkable to encounter a metal - element situation with the fire element being extraordinary.
When the divine encounter meets multiple woods, and the ghostly energy is exhausted while the lifespan is damaged, one will end up without any support.
On the day of Yi and at the time of You (which is an hour corresponding to a specific time period in the traditional Chinese time - reckoning system), the life - force of the Yi element is at its weakest while the "ghost" (a term in traditional Chinese metaphysics) is at its strongest. Yi takes Xin as its "ghost", and on the You position, Xin is strong while Yi is weak. If it corresponds to the months of Si, You, or Chou, and forms a metal - transforming pattern, it indicates nobility. If the favorable element sits on wood, and the life - force of the main element is strong without transformation, and there is also a You position, it will surely lead to an early death and poverty.
If one is born at the You hour (5 - 7 p.m.) on a Yi Chou day, and the birth month falls into the Si, You, or Chou months, it forms an alloy trigram. If they then have a fortune in the west direction, they will achieve great nobility. If born in the Yin, Wu, or Xu months, they will be poor. If born in the Hai, Mao, or Wei months, it is auspicious. If born in a year and month with only Zi, and have a fortune in the south direction, they can reach the first or second - rank nobility. If born in the Yin month with the combination of fire and metal, they can reach the seventh - rank nobility. If born in the Shen month with the combination of water and wood, they can reach the high - ranking nobility.
On the day of Yimao and at the time of Yiyou, if the lunar month forms a Metal combination, one will be noble. If the year and month are Weiyin, one will reach the first or second rank in officialdom.
On the day of Yisi and at the hour of Yiyou, it is auspicious in spring. In summer, with the controlling of the overpowering energy, it is good. In autumn, with the wood element being weak and the metal element being strong, there will be an early death; otherwise, there will be diseases. In winter, although there is great fortune, there will still be an early death.
On the day of Yǐwèi and at the hour of Yǐyǒu, it forms the pattern of "Arching for Honor". Those without punishment or damage will attain honor. If there is Shēn to fill the void, it won't be so. In the months of Hài and Mǎo, when walking the western fortune, one will attain honor.
On the Yiyou day and Yiyou hour, there is self - punishment in the prosperous state. If there is a strong presence of fire and earth in the year and month columns, it indicates disasters. If it conforms to the qi of the month and the seal and food gods are revealed, and one experiences the fire and wood luck cycles, one will achieve great nobility. If the earthly branches are all You, forming a gold - like image and there is also a seal element, the nobility is beyond description. What one should most fear is encountering the official element in the annual and luck cycles.
On the day of Yihai and at the time of Yiyou, if one is born in spring, it belongs to the Renshou Grid and will be of high status. If born in the month of Yin and has the fortune of metal and fire elements, one will achieve great nobility.
When the day is of the Yi element and the hour is You, it's like false evil taking power when the body is strong, a wonderful situation. But if the body is weak and meets the official element, it's just a waste of effort. One's fame and achievement must wait for the time when fortune turns. For those born on a Yi day at the Yi - You hour, the Yi wood of their birth has no worries. Among them, the noble and powerful can pursue their plans as they wish. Without any flaws, they are surely to achieve fame. Their wives may be harmed in the early years, and wealth will scatter like rain clouds dispersing. Moving to a new place can avoid sorrow. By the middle and later years, family assets will be established.