The Sun and Rahu

As co-founders

As co-founders, the 1 regards the 4 as neutral and the 4 regards the 1 as friend, which grades the pair Workable. Practitioners give the 1 leadership, public face, final authority and the 4 field sales, business development, technology (not finance); the pair works while each keeps to that side of the room.

Roles: 1 takes leadership, public face, final authority; 4 takes field sales, business development, technology (not finance).

As name and founder

A business name totalling to 1 for a founder whose driver and conductor are 4 reads Strong; the reverse, a 4 name for a 1 founder, reads Strong. Both directions support each other, so either digit can carry the letterhead for the other.

A 1 name for a 4 founder reads Strong; A 4 name for a 1 founder reads Strong.

As phone digits

In a phone number the digits 14 and 41 both read opposed, pairs a line is respelled to avoid. Phone Line reads all nine pairs together, since one pair never decides a line.

14 reads opposed; 41 reads opposed.

What to do about it

Make the 4's adviser role explicit: the 1 decides, but the 4 is heard first on anything technical. Keep the company name off a 4 compound unless the trade is technology, SaaS or digital, where the sector lifts it; elsewhere put the name on a 5, which both befriend.

Sectors that favour both: Construction and infrastructure, Technology and IT, Manufacturing and industrial, Energy and electricals.

Remedies for the pair

One item each for Sun and Rahu from the Pandit.com catalogue, traditionally worn to strengthen the planet.