Well I see we have reached quite a conclusion, so I'll add something I just thought of and that although is not truly this thread's topic is also close to it.
Now, we know that Aragorn went
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even into the far countries of Rhûn and Harad where the stars are strange.
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Clearly it seems that Arda also had two totally distinct hemispheres with different stars on the sky.
The thing in Tolkien's works is that all is quite North-centred and pretty much nothing is said about the South.
In the North stars are used to signal something, for example the Valacirca to be a warning for Melkor and his followers.
My question is simple...was there a reason for stars with a meaning in the South and if so is there any mention of this?