渊海子平
YHZP
论食神
Discussing Eating God
食神者，生我财神之谓也。
Eating God, the one who produce the Wealth
god.
如甲属木，丙属火，名盗气，故谓之食神，何也？
Example for Jia which represent wood, Bing
which represent fire, named Qi robber, considered Eating God, why?
殊不知丙能生我戊土，甲食丙生戊财，故以此名之也。
Bing is able to produce Wu earth, Jia DM with
Eating God Bing produce Wu Wealth, the way the name is derived.
命中带此者，主人财厚食丰、腹量宽宏、肌体肥大、化游自足、有子息，有寿考。
For chart with EG, the DM abundant Wealth and
luxuriant food, stomach filled to capacity, fat, travel to one’s satisfaction,
children blessing, long life.
恒不喜见官星，忌倒食，恐伤其食神。
Dislike Officer Star, inauspicious to meet
Indirect Resource, afraid of damage to the Eating God. (Indirect Resource ke/control EG)
喜财神相生，独一位见之，此为福人，然终亦不清。
Likes to have Wealth god to produce, meeting
one alone, considered a fortunate person, otherwise it is not pure. (To have
only one Wealth.)
却喜身旺，不喜印绶，亦恐伤其食神也。
Likes to be strong, dislike resource, afraid
of damage to the Eating God.
如运得地，方可发福，大概与财神相似。
If the luck obtain the ground (during luck
period which is supportive) , can obtain fortune, approximately similar to
Wealth god.
如
己未、己巳、丁未、辛丑。
Example
丁见己为食神，有一丑巳合起金局，得之为财，又喜身不弱，所以有官亦有寿也。
For Ding DM Ji earth represent EG, with one
Chou Si combined to metal, obtaining it represent Wealth, like the self to be
not weak, so with Officer also represent long life.
如
乙巳、乙酉、癸酉、乙卯。
Example 
此命三见乙为食，见巳酉丑合金局为印绶，又有三乙化为伤官，癸用乙为食神，被金局来克乙木，再被三乙并卯旺克我官，所以名利都无成也。
This chart has 3 Yi wood which represent EG,
with Si You (Chou) metal formation as the resource, further with 3 Yi changed
to Hurting Officer, Gui DM uses Yi as Eating God, the Yi wood control/ke by the
metal formation, further with the 3 Yi supported by the Mao to become strong to
control/ke back the Officer, therefore it represent failure in both fame and
fortune.Comment:
What is Eating God?
EG with 7K:
It is sometimes considered as the god of longevity. Why is
that so? It is because it is able to control 7K which can cause hurt to the DM.
With a good EG in the natal chart, the arrival of 7K is auspicious. Meaning it is
controlled and can be utilized in the chart.
EG with Wealth:
The second function of Eating God is to produce Wealth. Wealth
by itself is not an indication of good quality Wealth but with the support EG
to produce, it becomes very usable.
EG with Direct Officer:
With a good EG in the natal chart, it is inauspicious to
meet Direct Officer. Either in the natal chart or with the arrival of Officer
in the luck period. The reason being EG can cause hurt to the Officer and that
is not a good thing.
EG with Resource:
EG dislike Resource because the resource can cause damage to
the EG which is inauspicious.
EG with support:
It is auspicious for the EG to be supported. For a chart
with strong Wealth, it is not so auspicious because the Wealth does not need
any more support. But if Wealth is weak in the natal chart, a prosperous EG
would be most useful.