[Fortune guide](https://www.automaticcompany.co/guides/fortune/) · ปีชง # What is Pee Chong? Year clashes, explained Pee Chong is the Thai-Chinese practice of checking whether your zodiac animal clashes with the year, or with another person. ## What it is Chong comes from the Chinese word for clash. On the twelve-animal zodiac wheel, the animals opposite each other clash most directly: Rat and Horse, Ox and Goat, Tiger and Monkey, Rabbit and Rooster, Dragon and Dog, Snake and Pig. A Pee Chong year is a year whose animal clashes with yours. Thai temples also publish fuller lists each year that include animals in a weaker clash. ## How owners use it In a clash year many people make merit or join a kae chong ceremony at a temple. Some owners also check clashes before taking on a partner, a key hire or a large client, and choose a better start date when there is one. ## How the Fortune Intelligence bots use it The Clash & Compatibility bot checks the birth year of new contacts, hires and partners against yours and flags a clash. It never blocks anything: it holds the note for you to weigh, and can suggest better start dates. ## Good to know This is traditional practice, not a prediction, and not financial, legal or medical advice. Use it as one input next to your own judgement. ## Keep reading - [What is BaZi? The Four Pillars, explained](https://www.automaticcompany.co/guides/fortune/bazi/) - [What is Rerk? Auspicious timing, explained](https://www.automaticcompany.co/guides/fortune/rerk/) - [What is Som Phong? Thai compatibility, explained](https://www.automaticcompany.co/guides/fortune/som-phong/) [ Join the Fortune Intelligence waitlist ](https://www.automaticcompany.co/founding-waitlist/fortune-intelligence/)