There is no up or down, only an orientation to a pool of iron travelling around a star.

The “up”, “down” and “middle”, and the “linear” and “spherical” shapes are your mind sorting it out into a human story.  One of the capacities of being human is to let all that go and be the Earth. Showy Asters, on the other hand, enjoy being the sun instead.

The Earth is a savannah…

… among the stars.

A meeting place. That’s the thing.