The Nobility of the Rat in the Six Yi System

Original Text

《喜忌篇》云：阴木独遇子时，为六乙鼠贵之地。乙以子申为贵神，独遇子者用鼠不用猴也。乙用庚金为官星，得丙子时，以子上丙火遥归巳中本禄，巳来合申，申来动子，是谓申子辰三合会贵，谓申中带将庚来，乙日得官星，用申时则官星显露，所以不取。若子字多，谓之聚贵，尤妙。年月中有午冲丑绊，则子不能遥禄，申庚为官露，酉辛为煞露，被丙伤，子反不中矣。岁运同。此格要月通木局，日下支神皆是木旺之地，浮水印亦可，忌见金火，若岁运逢申酉，凶悔，东方渐退，午运则亡。如一命：壬寅、辛亥、乙未、丙子，合格，若乙丑日绊子，乙酉日煞伤，则减分数，一子字怕见卯刑丑绊，多则不妨，透辛字不旺，再有丙丁合克，丙合辛化水，运顺行不伤贵。如己丑、丙子、乙卯、丙子，两子夹一卯；丁巳、壬子、乙丑、丙子，两子夹一丑，虽犯上忌，却是交夹贵中生，故皆大贵。若生夏令，只以伤官论。生七八月，贫下。如得庚申月，运北地，却以官论。生四季，有财库，喜水局、伤官、食神、南运，亦吉。凡月令见财官印旺，即以财官取用，不以午冲子为祸。如合鼠贵，柱有未合午，略有损坏，富而虚名。《相心赋》云：六乙鼠贵，遇午冲而赤贫如洗。

诗曰：乙木生临丙子时，要无午破卯刑之，四柱不逢申酉丑，管教年少拜丹墀。

又：乙日生人得子时，名为鼠贵最为奇，切嫌午字来冲破，辛酉庚申总不宜。

又：六乙生人时遇子，既带官星复用此，庚申辛酉马牛欺，一位逢之为丐子。

Interpretation

The "Xiji Pian" says: When the Yin Wood (Yi) meets the Zi hour alone, it is the place of the "Six Yi Rats' Nobility". Yi takes Zi and Shen as the noble stars. Meeting Zi alone means using the Rat instead of the Monkey. Yi uses Geng Metal as the official star. When it gets the Bing-Zi hour, with the Bing Fire on Zi remotely returning to its original salary in Si, Si comes to combine with Shen, and Shen moves Zi. This is called the Sanhe (three - combination) of Shen, Zi, and Chen bringing nobility, meaning that Shen brings Geng with it. On the Yi day, it gets the official star. If using the Shen hour, the official star will be exposed, so it is not taken. If there are many Zi characters, it is called "gathering nobility", which is even better. If there is Wu in the year or month to clash with Zi or Chou to bind Zi, then Zi cannot remotely obtain the salary. Shen with Geng as the official star will be exposed, and You with Xin as the killing star will be exposed, and being injured by Bing, Zi will no longer be effective. The same applies to the annual and monthly luck cycles. This pattern requires the month to connect with the Wood Bureau, and the earthly branches under the day should all be places where Wood is prosperous. Floating watermarks are also acceptable. It is taboo to see Metal and Fire. If the annual and monthly luck cycles encounter Shen or You, it will bring misfortune. When moving towards the East, the situation gradually deteriorates, and in the Wu luck cycle, there will be death. For example, in a horoscope: Ren - Yin, Xin - Hai, Yi - Wei, Bing - Zi, it meets the pattern. If it is the Yi - Chou day binding Zi, or the Yi - You day with the killing star injuring, the score will be reduced. One Zi character is afraid of being punished by Mao or bound by Chou, but if there are many Zi characters, it doesn't matter. If Xin is revealed but not prosperous, and there are Bing and Ding to combine and restrain it, Bing combines with Xin to transform into Water. If the luck cycle goes smoothly, it will not harm the nobility. For example, in the horoscopes: Ji - Chou, Bing - Zi, Yi - Mao, Bing - Zi, with two Zi characters sandwiching one Mao; Ding - Si, Ren - Zi, Yi - Chou, Bing - Zi, with two Zi characters sandwiching one Chou. Although they violate the above taboos, they are born in the "inter - sandwiching nobility", so they are all of great nobility. If born in the summer season, it is only regarded as the pattern of the Hurting Officer. If born in the seventh or eighth month, it will lead to a poor life. If getting the Geng - Shen month and the luck cycle is in the north, it is regarded as the pattern of the official. If born in the four seasons with a wealth treasury, it likes the Water Bureau, the Hurting Officer, the Eating God, and the southern luck cycle, which is also auspicious. Whenever the prosperous Wealth, Official, or Seal is seen in the monthly order, the Wealth or Official should be used as the basis, and the clash between Wu and Zi is not regarded as a disaster. If it conforms to the pattern of the "Six Yi Rats' Nobility" and there is Wei combining with Wu in the horoscope, there will be a slight damage, resulting in being rich but having only a false reputation. The "Xiangxin Fu" says: For the "Six Yi Rats' Nobility", when encountering the clash of Wu, one will be as poor as a church mouse.

The poem goes: When the Wood Yin (B) is born in the Hour of the Fire Yang (C), it should be free from the clash with the Horse (Wu) and the punishment from the Rabbit (Mao). If the four pillars of the birth chart do not encounter the Monkey (Shen), the Rooster (You), and the Ox (Chou), it is certain that the person will be honored at the imperial court in youth.

Moreover: For those born on the day of the second of the ten Heavenly Stems and at the hour of the Rat (11 p.m. - 1 a.m.), it is called "the nobility of the Rat", which is extremely rare. However, it is most unfortunate if the character "Wu" (representing the Horse, corresponding to 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.) appears to break the auspiciousness, and the days of Xinyou and Gengshen are generally not suitable.

Moreover: For those born in the year of the sixth combination of the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches (Liu Yi) and whose birth time is the Hour of the Rat (Zi), since they have the official star, this method is also applicable. If they encounter the signs of the Monkey (Shen) and Rooster (You) or the years of the Horse (Wu) and Ox (Chou), and there is such an encounter in one position, they will become beggars.