Clash Codes

The Palace - a clash in one of the Palace indicate the severity of a clash.  For instance, a clash that affects the Year Branch, manifests differently from a clash that impacts the Month, Day, and Hour Branches. Note that the Earthly Branches that have a clash relationship with each other, they must be next to each other in the Bazi chart. If the Branches skip a pillar, it is not considered a clash.

For instance, in the chart below there is a clash between the Rat and the Horse. However, as the clash is separated, the impact is not severe and is usually tolerable.

Should these clashes be right next to each other, they would be referred to as the Internal Clash.  Finally, whenever the Rat or the Horse appears in the Luck Pillars, an External Clash will be present.

Hour	Day	Month	Year
Yang Fire	Yin Fire	Yin Wood	Yang Metal
Horse Yang Fire	Snake Yin Fire	Rooster Yin Metal	Rat Yang Water

Internal Clash- usually involve change or events forced by circumstances that are already prevailing.

External Clash - occurs only during certain points in time in the person's life. These types of clashes are usually drastic or shocking change, that affects the person's health, relationships, wealth, or endeavors. External Clashes, however, are easier to deal with because you can see them coming and you can be proactive and avoid or prevent them from happening. Look at the following table:

                                                 Six Clashes

The information you see here only allows you to identify the clashes. In order to decode or understand what is going on in a Bazi chart, you must have a good understanding of the Five Elements and their interactions. It is very important to first determine which of the Five Factors (Influence, Wealth, Resource, Output, and Companion) are being affected and which Hidden Stem is involved, when trying to determine how severe a clash is.

Rat

A clash between the Rat and the Horse is a clash between Water and Fire. Based on the Five Elements theory, Water controls Fire by extinguishing it--it is obvious that the Horse loses to the Rat.

Horse