It also appears that most, if not all,В of FrodoвЂ™s journey to Mount Doom is choreographed to the lunar phases of 1941-2. If one were to read the first drafts of The Lord of the Rings (edited versions ofВ which have been published by TolkienвЂ™s youngest son Christopher Tolkien) one would find themВ to be overflowing with references to the phases of the moon. Astronomy wasВ one such topic of interest for him that is deeply embedded in the fabric of his literature. TolkienВ put an extreme amount of thought into the world he was creating, and strove to give it as muchВ depth as possible by incorporating as many aspects of our world as he could. Modeling his imaginary world after the real world in a realistic way took a considerable bit of effort. And though I have not attempted to relate theВ shape of the mountains and land-masses to what geologists may say orВ surmise about the nearer past, imaginatively this вЂhistoryвЂ™ is supposed to takeВ place in a period of the actual Old World of this planet. It is just a use of Middle-English middle-erde (orВ erthe), altered from Old English Middangeard: the name for the inhabitedВ lands of Men вЂbetween the seasвЂ™. Middle-earth, by the way, is not a name of a never-never land without relationВ to the world we live inвЂ¦. In a letter to his publishing company, he says: If DurinвЂ™s Crown were intended to be a real constellation in the Middle-earth sky, it is very likely that it has a counterpart in our own night sky aВ constellation which Tolkien may have used as a model when constructing the mythology around it.В Tolkien has stated numerous times that Middle-earth is really meant to be Europe in a timeВ before recorded history. Was it a real constellation, or was it merely a vision a wondrous event on par with the appearance of the Star of Bethlehem? The constellation of DurinвЂ™s Crown appears in the legends of Middle-earth, and the onlyВ real proof of its existence is its image on the Doors of Durin. The legendary constellation is depicted on theВ West-gate (also known as вЂThe Doors of DurinвЂ™) in the first book in the series: The Fellowship ofВ the Ring. TolkienвЂ™sВ popular fantasy trilogy The Lord of the Rings.

Here, at the West-gate of Moria, DurinвЂ™s Crown makes its first appearance in J.R.R. вЂњThere are the emblems of Durin!вЂќ cried Gimli. Below, though the threads were in places blurred or broken, the outline could be seenВ of an anvil and a hammer surmounted by a crown with seven starsвЂ¦

At the top, as high as Gandalf could reach, was an arch of interlacing letters in ElvishВ character.

Lord of the rings emblems