He did wish to be his country's moral pole star.
Most other names are directly tied to its role as pole star.
But he recognized they were not the elusive pole star of the south.
"You are the man who tried to walk by the Pole Star."
It is the brightest of the successive northern pole stars.
"I know how to find the Pole star if I'm lost."
The Pole Star stood above the summit of the rock.
You set the instrument to the right time of year, then look for the Pole Star through the hole in the middle.
A consequence of the precession is a changing pole star.