September 22
Birthday Color: Bourgeon
#EDEE9E · rgb(237, 238, 158) · hsl(61, 70%, 78%) · CMYK(0,0,34,7)
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Zodiac: Virgo ♍
Color words & personality
If you were born on September 22, your color Bourgeon reads as bright and clear-minded. Its color words point to a small bell: light to carry, heard farther than you expect. In print, this color shows a modest saturation that settles gently. Used on a note or planner, it becomes a signature in place of your name.
Try it: An accent for cards and planners — a signature in place of a name.
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Birth flower, star, fish & fruit of September 22
Birth star
Schedar
Star words: dignity, poise
Cassiopeia · α Cas · mag 2.24 — Circumpolar — up all night in the northern sky, highest around midnight
Birth flower
Balloon vine
Meaning: fly together, freedom
Peak: Aug, Sep
Birth fruit
Shine Muscat grape
Fruit words: dazzle, blessing
Peak: Sep, Oct
Balloon vine is the September 22 flower. Its papery, three-sided capsules look like small balloons, and the seeds inside are marked with a pale heart. Its hanakotoba meanings are fly together and freedom. The birthday color is Bourgeon (#EDEE9E), read as "a small bell." Peak bloom falls August through September. A plant built for drifting, in a pale, expectant yellow.
A proud point of light burns at the queen's breast. September 22's star is Schedar, Alpha Cassiopeiae — its name the Arabic word for 'breast' — an orange giant at the W's lower vertex. It flickers barely, nearly matching Caph as the constellation's brightest. Its star words are dignity and poise. At midnight it twinkles grandly at the southern peak. Your birth color is Bourgeon (#EDEE9E), a bud yellow-green, whose color word is a tiny bell — composure with a bright, small ring.
September 22's birth fish is the Kuruma prawn, long a decoration of festive tables. Fish words: “blessing” and “leap”. Fried in tempura, its fresh aroma lifts the celebration. Peak season: July and August, with flavor carrying into September. The birth color of the day is Bourgeon (#EDEE9E), soft as a small bell. Add it to the light of a happy gathering.
Sep 22 belongs to the Shine Muscat grape (シャインマスカット). Sep and Oct is when this berry tastes its best. Fruit words attach "dazzle and blessing" to the Shine Muscat grape. It is in season Sep and Oct. The birthday color for this date is Bourgeon (#EDEE9E). The color word here is "a small bell". One fruit, one color, one day.
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 September 22?
- The birth flower for September 22 is the Balloon vine. Its hanakotoba include fly together, freedom, and its peak season is Aug, Sep.
- What is the birth fish for September 22?
- The birth fish for September 22 is the Kuruma prawn. Its fish words include blessing, leap, and its peak season is Jul, Aug.
- What is the birth fruit for September 22?
- The birth fruit for September 22 is the Shine Muscat grape. Its fruit words include dazzle, blessing, and its peak season is Sep, Oct.
- What is the birthday color for September 22?
- The birthday color for September 22 is Bourgeon (#EDEE9E). It pairs with the day's flower, Balloon vine.
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Color palette for Bourgeon
Monochrome (lightness steps)
#F9F9DC
oklch(97.5% 0.038 107.1)
#EDEE9E
oklch(93.0% 0.101 108.8)
base
#DFE050
oklch(88.0% 0.162 109.7)
Analogous (±30°)
#EEC79E
oklch(85.3% 0.070 68.1)
#EDEE9E
oklch(93.0% 0.101 108.8)
base
#C5EE9E
oklch(90.1% 0.113 130.4)
Complementary (+180°)
#EDEE9E
oklch(93.0% 0.101 108.8)
#9F9EEE
oklch(73.1% 0.115 283.8)
base
#D4D4F7
oklch(88.1% 0.048 285.4)
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