Most people make the mistake of thinking Tolkien wrote fantasy when in fact he wasn't entirely making it up but in fact synthesized the narrative from ancient Norse texts that tap straight into the DNA memory of ancient story telling in ways that science can't explain. It takes an astro-theological understanding of the solar system to digest what Tolkien was saying as well an appreciation of details such as there really were giants that once walked the earth.
Sauron/Saturn/Set/Saturday. All roads lead to Rome if we scratch away at the narrative, it takes an X factor sized sacrifice but it's worth it. Below is the Pederast Pope in his Saturnalia hat, so called for it's representational rings of Saturn.
