As if by coincidence I happened this morning to learn from a short piece from a TV program that the custom in a few far away Bulgarian mountain villages was to paint the face of the bride white in order to be able to enhance her beauty with a pattern of facial adornments in bright colours and precious gems. Immediately I recognized the structure as bascially the same as that in ancient Crete. And they said this Bulgarian custom could be precisely compared with similar practises about 3500 years ago.

I live synchronously and a quick look at my kitchen wall calendar revealed the date to be March 23 AD 2024 (→ 20 * 24 = 480) - a leap year. Therefore half a year away would be September 23:

JULY 12 13 14 (*115, *480) 15 (196) 16 (181 + 16)
Hb5-15 Hb5-16 (214) Hb5-17 Hb5-18 Hb5-19
*177 DENEBOLA PHEKDA π Virginis *181
Sept 14 15 16 17 18 (261)

5 days after the bird looking back in time will be September 23 where there will be hope in form of a new future to look forward to. 266 (*186) - *64 = *122. Although today is a Saturday:

JULY 17 18 19 (200) (121 + 100) 21 (*122) 22 23 24
Hb5-20 (218) Hb5-21 Hb5-22 (220) Hb5-23 → 480 Hb5-25 Hb5-26 Hb5-27 (225)
Sept 19 ALCHITA 21 (*184) GIENAH 23 (266) ACRUX 25 (*188) 26
"Aug 9 10 11 12 (*144) 13 (225) 14 15 (227) 16 (*148)