January 7
Birthday Color: Shikkoku
#0D0015 · rgb(13, 0, 21) · hsl(277, 100%, 4%) · CMYK(38,100,0,92)
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Zodiac: Capricorn ♑
Color words & personality
Shikkoku, the color given to January 7, is composed and discerning. Its color words point to frosted glass: you show everything and hide nothing, at a distance. In print, this color shows a deep tone that absorbs rather than reflects light. You need not live by the words — color words are an entrance, not a rule.
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Birth flower, star, fish & fruit of January 7
Birth star
Wasat
Star words: midpoint, gateway
Gemini · δ Gem · mag 3.52 — Culminates around midnight
Birth flower
Winter camellia
Meaning: overcoming hardship, devotion
Peak: Dec, Jan, Feb
Birth fruit
Yumenoka strawberry
Fruit words: dream, fragrance
Peak: Jan, Feb
Winter camellia marks January 7. It flowers through the coldest weeks, and its petals fall whole rather than scattering, which is why the camellia came to suggest a clean ending. In hanakotoba it means overcoming hardship and devotion. Peak months are December to February. Shikkoku (#0D0015) is the birthday color, a near-black whose color word is frosted glass: dark, but giving something back.
Wasat means 'the middle' in Arabic, and the star earns it: this 3.52-magnitude member of Gemini sits almost on the ecliptic, the Sun's highway — Pluto was discovered near it in 1930. Its star words are midpoint and gateway, and on January 7 it reaches its highest due south around midnight. The day's color is Shikkoku (#0D0015), a lacquered near-black whose color word is frosted glass. A gate of light set into deep black: the day's quiet architecture.
From the deepening cold of January 7 comes the Common octopus, its intricate ways long taken as a symbol of wisdom. The fish words are "wisdom" and "flexibility," and the flesh — tender yet springy — is a winter staple simmered gently or set in oden. The season of the catch runs December through January. Today's birthday color is Shikkoku (#0D0015), a near-black like the hush of the deep. Let a quietly simmered dish mark the day's table.
The Yumenoka strawberry is the birth fruit of Jan 7. A berry of the season, the Yumenoka strawberry arrives from Jan and Feb. Its fruit words are "dream and fragrance". Look for it in Jan and Feb. This day's birthday color: Shikkoku (#0D0015). Its color word is "frosted glass". A seasonal fruit and a birthday color, sharing one date.
Our birth flowers are an independently compiled system based on flowering seasons and hanakotoba. Birth stars are assigned by an astronomical rule — the IAU-named star culminating around midnight on that date. Birth fish and fruits are compiled independently by peak season (fish include seafood).
About this date's birth flower
- What is the birth flower for January 7?
- The birth flower for January 7 is the Winter camellia. Its hanakotoba include overcoming hardship, devotion, and its peak season is Dec, Jan, Feb.
- What is the birth fish for January 7?
- The birth fish for January 7 is the Common octopus. Its fish words include wisdom, flexibility, and its peak season is Dec, Jan.
- What is the birth fruit for January 7?
- The birth fruit for January 7 is the Yumenoka strawberry. Its fruit words include dream, fragrance, and its peak season is Jan, Feb.
- What is the birthday color for January 7?
- The birthday color for January 7 is Shikkoku (#0D0015). It pairs with the day's flower, Winter camellia.
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Color palette for Shikkoku
Monochrome (lightness steps)
#460071
oklch(31.5% 0.163 305.2)
#0D0015
oklch(12.0% 0.060 313.6)
base
#190029
oklch(16.6% 0.084 309.0)
Analogous (±30°)
#020015
oklch(9.5% 0.058 278.5)
#0D0015
oklch(12.0% 0.060 313.6)
base
#150013
oklch(13.6% 0.061 331.7)
Complementary (+180°)
#0D0015
oklch(12.0% 0.060 313.6)
#081500
oklch(17.7% 0.049 132.4)
base
#399500
oklch(59.1% 0.184 138.4)
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