Eating God

Fire makes earth, so a 丙 day master, yang, has 戊, also yang, as its Eating God, and 己 would take the next name in the table. 三命通會 卷六 describes the position by counting: the third stem along from the day master in forward order, with 甲 eating 丙 and 乙 eating 丁.

The odd name gets an odd explanation in 三命通會 卷五: eating here is what an insect does to food, damage to the thing eaten and benefit to the eater. The book then turns the image around into a child who grows up and supports a parent. 淵海子平 traces the benefit one step further, since 丙 produces the earth that is 甲's wealth, and 三命通會 卷六 adds that 丙 restrains 庚 on behalf of 甲.

Few names in the ten get kinder press. 淵海子平 says a chart carrying it belongs to someone with ample food, a large-hearted temper and easy contentment, and tables in 淵海子平 and 神峰通考 attach the extra titles 天厨, heavenly kitchen, and 寿星, star of long life. The 淵海子平 chapter says it fears 倒食, the stem that undoes it. Modern popular BaZi attaches talent, pleasure and self-expression to it, which goes beyond these chapters.