However, since Onmyoryo was Shoryo (lower ranking in the tsukasa system) under Nakatsukasasho, the court rank for the administrative officer Shitokan (four classifications of bureaucrat ranking) was lower compared to similar positions in other departments and what was called, around the mid Heian Period, Tenjobito known as Senseki who were allowed to come to the palace and address the emperor was only Onmyo no kami with a Jugoinoge (Junior Fifth Rank, Lower Grade) while all others were Jigenin who were not allowed to enter the palace.
ただ、陰陽寮が中務省の小寮であったため、当然ながら行政官である四等官の官位は本省のそれに比べて低めとなっており、後の平安中期で言う、昇殿して天皇に奏上できる仙籍と呼ばれるいわゆる殿上人は従五位下格の陰陽頭のみであり、その他はすべて、後に昇殿を許されない地下人あった。