How can the timestamps be a countdown?
Markers created by (dates of) news events, somehow.
Like the July 20 announcement by Pence and Buzz re: the next manned mission to the moon, which mission will be called Artemis (moon goddess).
Mission forwarded?
Thinking more about marine navigation too.
This statue of the ichthyocentaur is outside at least one guest house on the island, as well as outside the temple. A motif that often appeared on old nautical maps.
In ancient Greek mythology, Aphros and Bythos were ichthyocentaurs – two half-brothers who were set in the sky as the astronomical constellation Pisces.
Pisces Constellation coordinates:
Right ascension 1h
Declination +15°
Pisces originates from some composition of the Babylonian constellations Šinunutu "the great swallow" in current western Pisces, and Anunitum the "Lady of the Heaven", at the place of the northern fish. In the first-millennium BC texts known as the Astronomical Diaries, part of the constellation was also called DU NU NU (Rikis-nu.mi, "the fish cord or ribbon").
While the astrological sign Pisces per definition runs from ecliptical longitude 330° to 0, this position is now mostly covered by the constellation of Aquarius, due to the precession from when the constellation and the sign coincided. Note that the wavy symbols on Epstein's beach are more like the Aquarius astrological symbol. Probably connected to Pisces constellation.
Q says, Follow the Stars
Interesting question. Pic from the island might be related to your line of thinking, I'm not sure.