Certain jewels are also described as stars, notably the Star of Elendil that Aragorn wore into the Battle of Pelennor Fields. Seven stars appeared on the banner of Gondor. Both of these were depicted on the West-gate of Moria (the former because Celebrimbor, one of the makers of the doors, was a descendant of Fëanor). An eight-rayed star represented the House of Fëanor, and seven eight-rayed stars above a crown and anvil were the emblems of Durin.
Consequently, one of the names of that island was Elenna, or "Starwards". After the war against Morgoth was concluded, a group of the Edain followed Eärendil's star to the newly created island that would become Númenor. Following his successful mission to persuade the Valar to intervene in the wars against Morgoth in the First Age, Eärendil and his ship, along with the last remaining Silmaril, were placed in the sky as a sign of hope to the faithful people of Middle-earth. Moreover, when Oromë first met the Elves, he too associated them with the stars and named them the Eldar, the People of the Stars. From this origin derived the ancient words el and elen for "Star". The Elves first awoke under the stars and according to tradition the stars were the first thing they saw, and the first word spoken by them was ele!, a primitive exclamation 'behold!' when they first saw. These included Carnil, Luinil, Nénar, Lumbar, Alcarinquë, and Elemmírë She also created new ones using collected light from the Silver Tree, Telperion. Ages later, prior to the awakening of the Elves Varda grouped together many of the ancient stars into constellations, including Menelmacar (Orion) and the Valacirca (the Sickle of the Valar, the Big Dipper), as signs in the heavens of Arda "that the gods may read".