God of Cookery, Hurting Officer

So, this section is about the Gourmet God. When discussed separately, it's the Gourmet God. From the perspective of the Five Elements, the Gourmet God and the Hurting Officer are related. What I overcome is wealth, what overcomes me is the official and the killing, and what is born from me is the Gourmet and the Hurting. They are the Five Elements born from the Day Master. For the Jia Day Master, Bing is the Gourmet God and Ding is the Hurting Officer. The same - gender one is the Gourmet God, and the opposite - gender one is the Hurting Officer. This is the rule of the Five Elements. They are completely different in terms of personality.

In terms of the six relatives, for men, the influences of the Eating God and Hurting Officer are meaningless as there are no corresponding six - relative relationships. For women, the Eating God and Hurting Officer represent children. But is the Eating God a son or is the Hurting Officer a son? There are theoretical explanations, but in actual fortune - telling, it's all in vain. Chinese people used to value sons over daughters, so regardless of whether it's a boy or a girl, they just say it's a boy. So, we can simply say they represent children.

Well, what we give birth to is the Eating God and Hurting Officer. They are not Wealth, Officer, or Seal. They are neither related to official positions, nor to wealth, nor to the Seal. They become a kind of accessory in between. What does "accessory" mean? The Seal restrains the Eating God and Hurting Officer. The Seal can restrain them, and the Eating God and Hurting Officer in turn restrain the Proper Officer. The Eating God and Hurting Officer restrain the Officer and Killing. They become a bridge in this cycle of restraint, often failing to achieve success but more likely to cause failure, or the outcome is just ambiguous.

For example, when the Seal encounters the Output, it doesn't matter for the Seal itself in the case of a female's destiny. However, it's very unfavorable for her children. So, women are quite afraid of the Seal! Then, the Hurting Officer restrains the Official. Therefore, women are also afraid of the Output because it restrains their husbands. This sounds very complicated. Let me put it more simply. After a woman gets married, she spends more than half of her time on her children. As a joke, asking her husband to make milk powder for the baby is an example of the Output restraining the Proper Official, which means restraining her husband. Because of having children, the children become the priority. We can see that many women get divorced. Some do it for money, and some do it for the children. It depends on how significant the Output is in her Bazi (Eight Characters of Birth).

For general fortune - telling, just to tell whether you will have children. What if it's a more in - depth fortune - telling? It's about whether the children will be successful. Actually, the first statement is more reliable than the second one. When you ask whether the children will be successful, there's a bit of human sentiment involved! So, for a woman's fortune, the husband comes first and the children come second. If you're worried about not having children, it means you're afraid of the lack of "Food and Injury" in the Five - Element theory. If you're worried about not having a husband, it means you're afraid of the lack of "Official and Killing" in the Five - Element theory. Well, this is a general discussion.

If we're talking about personality, it's not the case. Both the Output Star (Shishen) and the Hurting Officer (Shangguan) can generate wealth, but they themselves are not wealth. So, if your Bazi lacks the Output Star and the Hurting Officer, does it mean you'll have no wealth? No. They can generate wealth. For example, I'm an agent now. I don't have money myself! But I have milk powder. I'll sell it for you. I'm an agent for a certain stock or something. The Output Star and Hurting Officer generating wealth is like being an agent, and you don't need to do much on your own. Well, the Output Star and the Hurting Officer are also different. In terms of personality, the Output Star represents a very honest and kind - hearted person. In fortune - telling, there are two types of people who tend to live long. One is those with the Partial Wealth element. You can see them spending money recklessly, and they don't care; they have no pressure. The second type is those with the Output Star pattern. They are honest and kind - hearted. Because they are honest and kind - hearted, they live long.

So the God of Food is also called the God of Longevity! Then, to what extent is he kind and generous? It's not about giving away all the money in your family. His kindness and generosity are like this. If you ask me for a loan, of course I also hope you can pay it back. But first, I'll think like this. If you ask me to borrow 100,000 yuan, the first thing that comes to my mind is what if you don't pay me back? It doesn't matter. So for people with the personality of the God of Food, once they lend out their money, they can let it go. Whether it's paid back or not doesn't matter. We've also seen such people. Generally speaking, when someone borrows money, you'd go to collect the debt, right? People with the personality of the God of Food won't do that. Not only will they not go to collect the debt, but they'll also comfort you and say that you should deal with the money you owe others first. It doesn't matter if you pay me back later. Even when it's time to collect the debt, not only can't they get the money back, but they'll lend more to others. This is the personality of the God of Food. They are extremely kind and generous.

But he is not generous. Different from having good luck in windfall, he is not generous in calculating things in daily life. However, when it comes to a critical moment, he becomes magnanimous. Therefore, those with the Gourmet God Pattern are magnanimous. Well, his wealth is indirect wealth, which is equivalent to being an agent. There are many types of agents. For example, an agent without clashes and punishments may represent products like Keeling milk powder. If you are an agent with clashes and punishments, then you may get kickbacks or engage in bid - rigging. In fortune - telling, the process is not considered, only whether one has (the wealth or other things) is concerned. So, in the case of a female's horoscope, the Gourmet God Pattern represents children.

Whenever the God of Cookery is suppressed, the God of Cookery fears the Seal. For male horoscopes, if one has a God of Cookery pattern and encounters the Seal, it can be directly interpreted as a health problem. The God of Cookery represents longevity. So when the God of Cookery pattern encounters the Partial Seal, it is interpreted as a health issue rather than a financial problem, not as a loss of wealth. For example, sometimes when we do fortune - telling, someone may say, "I've always been in poor health." This has nothing to do with the Wealth and the Seal. If a female horoscope with a pattern of the God of Cookery and Hurting Officer encounters the Seal, it is not interpreted as a financial matter either, but directly as an issue related to children. These two ways of interpretation seem to be inconsistent with common sense. However, if you think it over carefully, they are actually correct. If you ask a woman, "Is money more important or your son more important?" Of course, her son is more important. If you ask a man, "Is health more important or money more important?" Of course, health is more important. So the God of Cookery pattern doesn't deal with career, but only with children and health. Since these two issues are not related to money, when the God of Cookery or the Hurting Officer is in the Year Pillar, it has nothing to do with parents, and there isn't much to say about one's character in childhood. However, the God of Cookery represents kindness.

Then, for the first condition of the God of Cookery and Hurting Officer, there must be Wealth in the Bazi (Eight Characters), so that the Hurting Officer can generate Wealth. Generally speaking, our interpretation is that people with this situation can't make money by themselves, but they are very good at helping others make money, which is an indirect kind of help. Well, the God of Cookery restrains the Seven Kills, and the Seal restrains it. No matter who restrains whom, whether it is the God of Cookery restraining the Seven Kills or the Seal restraining the Hurting Officer and the God of Cookery, whenever there is restraint, it should not be in the same pillar. For example, if there is Peer on the Heavenly Stem and Wealth on the Earthly Branch, or Wealth on the Heavenly Stem and Seal on the Earthly Branch, or the God of Cookery on the Heavenly Stem and Officer and Seven Kills on the Earthly Branch, such combinations are not preferred in the Bazi. No matter what pattern you have, if there is mutual restraint between the upper and lower parts in the same pillar, there won't be peace for these fifteen years, because there are two different personalities in one pillar! Well, we've also seen many people going up and down, being unstable for ten or eight years. It's because of the same pillar. This is no longer just about one of the Ten Gods. The same principle applies to each of the Ten Gods. Well, this is the first type.

The second way of interpretation involves a combination of two elements. For example, the Heavenly Stem has the Hurting Officer while the Earthly Branch has the Eating God; the Heavenly Stem has the Proper Wealth while the Earthly Branch has the Partial Wealth; the Heavenly Stem has the Proper Officer while the Earthly Branch has the Seven Killings. Among these combinations, the mixture of the Officer and the Seven Killings is the most serious, especially for a female's fate. When the Proper Wealth and the Partial Wealth are mixed, it doesn't matter much for men. A bit of chaos in romantic relationships is not a big deal. As for the mixture of the Eating God and the Hurting Officer, as we've said before, having the Hurting Officer on the Heavenly Stem is not necessarily a bad thing; we can even consider it a good thing as it indicates having both sons and daughters! This is one way of interpretation, and each interpretation should be made in line with common sense. Now, let's talk about the Eating God. Everyone should remember that the Eating God represents good health and a long life, and it is also related to the enjoyment of delicious food. For instance, some people are rich but don't know how to appreciate good food, while some people are not wealthy but are very good at it, and they all have the chance to enjoy good food. This is about the enjoyment of food and a long life. If a Bazi chart with the Eating God pattern doesn't have Wealth, then this Bazi is useless. Well, this is about the Eating God.

A woman's fate is most afraid of the seal, because the seal restrains the eating god and the hurting officer. If the eating god represents that a child will be capable, according to the four pillars of the year, month, day, and hour, a woman can see her son become capable only when she is over forty - five years old! So, it depends on the hour pillar. If the eating god in a woman's hour pillar is strong, she can enjoy the blessings from her children. This kind of blessing doesn't necessarily refer to money. If your children are filial and obedient to you, that's your blessing. Both the hurting officer and the eating god are things that are “born” by oneself. In fortune - telling, people don't like the seven - killing star, nor do they like the hurting officer. The seven - killing star brings troubles. Even if you have money, there will still be troubles.

So, what's wrong with the Hurting Officer? Arrogance. People with the Hurting Officer are very learned, but they are arrogant and speak without reservation. The arrogance of the Hurting Officer is different from that of the Rob Wealth and the Yang Blade. Those with the Rob Wealth just speak casually. They might say, "What on earth is this... and so on." People with the Hurting Officer really have something to offer. Having real talent makes them envied. If you're just arrogant without any talent, people will hate you for talking big and meddling in other people's affairs! Those with the Hurting Officer pattern truly have real talent, and people really fear them. They don't just talk to you for fun; they really have a way of doing things. That's why those with the Hurting Officer pattern are arrogant.

Well, there is a statistic about the Hurting Officer Pattern. Everyone can remember these three sentences: If there is a Hurting Officer in the year pillar, one's parents may not be complete. If the Heavenly Stem of the year pillar has a Hurting Officer, one will not get along well with their parents. If there is a Hurting Officer in the month pillar, there will be strife among siblings. Here, "siblings" also includes colleagues. If there is a Hurting Officer in the hour pillar, one's descendants will be of poor character. So, the Hurting Officer Pattern only reflects an individual's personal achievements. Those with a Hurting Officer Pattern combined with a Proper Officer Pattern are often ungrateful and lack kindness. They may use someone for twenty years, and once they have better means, they can kick that person away at any time and even discard human feelings. However, in terms of a sense of accomplishment, they do achieve something. Therefore, in fortune - telling, the truly high - ranking patterns are not the Proper Officer Pattern. Instead, many people with great achievements have the Seven Killings Pattern or the Hurting Officer Pattern. From the perspective of friendship, it cannot be compared with career achievements. When it comes to career achievements, first of all, one must have a clear sense of right and wrong, and second, talk less about personal relationships. These are the conditions for success.

Well, each of the Ten Gods has its advantages and disadvantages. For the Hurting Officer, the biggest drawback is arrogance, though it also brings talent and learning. The motivation for fortune - telling is about good and bad luck, which is not determined by me but by the person concerned. What he hopes for is the key. Generally speaking, the downfall of those with the Hurting Officer lies in arrogance. Here, when I say "downfall", I don't mean failure in the ordinary sense. Even if you become a high - ranking official or make a fortune but are scolded by everyone behind your back, it's still because of arrogance.

The pride of the Hurting Officer pattern is different from that of the Yang Blade. The Yang Blade is related to Rob Wealth. The pride of the Yang Blade is about boasting, looking down on this and that. The Hurting Officer actually has real talent. If a person without real talent boasts, people won't be afraid of you; they'll just look down on you. But when a person with real talent boasts, it's different. That person becomes a competitor! So, when someone with the Hurting Officer pattern has talent, it will arouse others' jealousy, and it's very difficult for them to get along with people. Even if your superior or boss appreciates you and your future is stable, you'll still cause a lot of trouble and disputes among your colleagues later. Moreover, in fact, there are many things that really don't need to be said!

I've seen some people. They were invited to do a job! But then they turned around and said the other person's design was no good, going on and on about it, and even started to boss the other person around. So, the flaw of the "Hurting Officer" pattern lies in arrogance. This arrogance doesn't just affect one's career; it's also not good when it comes to relatives. The arrogance of the "Hurting Officer" pattern is written all over one's face. They show a look of disdain without the slightest attempt to hide it. This is the arrogance of the "Hurting Officer" pattern. For those with the "Hurting Officer" pattern to succeed, they need the "Hurting Officer" to generate wealth. Even with the right adjustments, they can still achieve success. Well, if you think further... Successful people don't necessarily end well. Whether a person achieves success is one thing, and whether they can handle the aftermath is another. For ordinary people, they might say, "As long as I'm successful, I don't care about the aftermath." That's the common view. Well, this is the arrogance of the "Hurting Officer" pattern.

The two of the Ten Gods, the Hurting Officer and the Eating God, play supporting roles in fortune - telling. This is because they are not Wealth, Officer, or Seal, which is relatively easy to understand. Moreover, fortune - telling is not entirely about good and bad luck, as after all, those with good fortunes are in the minority. Instead, personality and relationships with relatives account for a considerable proportion. In particular, the personalities of the Hurting Officer and the Eating God are completely opposite.

In fortune - telling, apart from good and bad luck, there is an unwritten rule about whether the process is arduous or not. Of course, everyone hopes to succeed, and preferably with a simple process. Besides good and bad luck, those with the Killing Pattern have a sense of unease in their hearts. The Hurting Officer Pattern indicates arrogance and talent. As for the Killing Pattern, people with this pattern are not afraid of disputes and are easily involved in them. Therefore, apart from good and bad luck, the Hurting Officer and the Seven Killings have become synonyms for being troublesome. Even if one succeeds, the process is still full of troubles.

On the other hand, the Eating God, the Proper Wealth, and the Proper Officer seem to represent kindness and peace. This is about the process. As for success or failure, it cannot be determined solely by the Hurting Officer or the Seven Killings. So, when the Hurting Officer and the Seven Killings are mentioned in the Eight Characters, regardless of whether they form a proper pattern or not, it is directly assumed that a person's life will be full of disputes and jealousy. Even if the pattern is formed, life will still be tiring.

As for whether one will be rich or not, the key lies in whether the Hurting Officer can generate Wealth. Do your Eight Characters and the Major Luck Cycle have Wealth? If the Hurting Officer does not generate Wealth, although one is clever, they will still be poor. No matter how knowledgeable one is, they won't achieve much.

Well, when it comes to fortune - telling, we should talk about human nature. What is human nature? For example, if the Hurting Officer is strong at the hour pillar, theoretically, it means your children will be capable in your later years. However, we need to consider one problem. Just because your children are capable doesn't mean your husband will also be capable! Moreover, whether it's a boy or a girl is also involved. So, we should talk about the three aspects of relatives, career, and time periods separately. With this kind of concept, once people see the Eating God, they think that person is kind - hearted. Even if they don't have much money, they can still live a rather peaceful life.

The wounded person is very knowledgeable! However, they may offend people and arouse jealousy. Even if you succeed, there will be many villains around you. So, it's better that the overall situation doesn't connect to the character representing the hour branch. Also, the character of the hour branch shouldn't clash. This pertains to your later years. It's better to have a peaceful later life and avoid overexertion.

Now, let's talk about the Ten Gods. From the very first section until now, we've been discussing them individually. For example, we talked about the Hurting Officer in the Year Pillar, in the Month Pillar, in the Hour Pillar, and sitting on the Year or Hour Pillar by itself. It's been presented in this way. After you've understood all ten of them, then we combine them. I don't necessarily talk about the Direct Officer, nor do I necessarily talk about the Hurting Officer. It depends on how the Four Pillars are arranged in your Bazi. Everyone has also realized that a person's life is not the same throughout. Some people have a hard time in their later years but enjoy great blessings in their early years; while others have a tough early life but a good later life. Some people have a bad temper before their thirties but have good self - cultivation in their later years, and some are just the opposite. This kind of change doesn't mean the person himself is changing. It's because of the different arrangements and combinations of the Peer, the Gourmet God, and the Hurting Officer in the Bazi. For instance, if there is Wealth in the Year Pillar and Peer - Robbing in the Hour Pillar, then one is very thrifty in youth but spends a lot in old age. If there is Peer - Robbing in the Year Pillar and Direct Wealth in the Hour Pillar, one doesn't care about money in youth but values it highly in old age. So, the changes in a person's life are based on the positions of the Ten Gods in one's Bazi. Everyone has their good and bad times in the early, middle, and late stages of life. The way of Heaven is very fair. There's a common saying: Even a beggar has three years of good luck!

Starting from the introduction of the Ten Gods, until now we've been discussing them individually. Well, going through this process doesn't mean I'll teach you how to do fortune - telling. A little bit of information is not enough. Based on my experience, from the time you understand it until you can actually apply it, it takes about a month. During this one - month period, apart from understanding the Ten Gods, the real key point is for you all to memorize these four sets of rules, namely, clashes and punishments, combinations and unions, the representatives of relatives, and the generation and restraint of the Ten Gods. Only after you've memorized these four sets of rules can you start. That's all for the positioning of the Ten Gods.