This article will focus on the meaning of the expression “guiding star”. This is a question of the origin of this expression, the meaning of direct and indirect, and, of course, the world of dreams, the symbol of which is and will be a guiding star. “Burn, burn, my star!”: The words of an old song are involuntarily recalled. But first things first, so let's get started!
polar Star
The meaning of phraseology “guiding star” can be explained as “a sure sign of direction in activity or in work”, it is a kind of “target indicator”. Since ancient times, uncharted countries have attracted travelers wandering in the seas and deserts, who always found their way home, guided by the sun and stars, and this was back in those days when people did not invent the compass. Observations from century to century have been transmitted by generations of sailors who have noticed that all but one of the stars make a rotation every day, this fixed star located almost above the North Pole is called the North Star. It was a guideline, it was on it that sailors and travelers were guided, finding the cardinal points, respectfully called it the Guiding Star. It was a sure sign and a reliable ally; every wanderer knew and trusted her.
Millennia have passed, and it still shines in the sky, distant and mysterious, attractive and alluring. Its reliability and constancy in the sky has become synonymous with reliability, focus and even love in the life of mankind. People have always loved and will love to dream. After all, it is dreams that create reality. The main point in human life is to achieve your dream. A dream is our guiding star. The question arises: what is it, this guiding star? And why is it so difficult for people to live without it, to win, to struggle with difficulties and obstacles? The answer is simple to this question: dreams are a powerful stream of motivating causes, which in turn give rise to entire cultures of peoples, form art, and develop science. The figurative symbol is a guiding star, the symbolic meaning of which is clear to everyone living on earth.
Christian myth
A mysterious star accompanied the magi the whole way, showing them the place where the son of God Jesus Christ was born. Three stellar wise men recognized by constellation about this momentous event, poisoned themselves on the road to see the baby and give them their gifts. So the Christian myth appeared about the birth of the son of God and the appearance of a guiding star as a sign of this event. This is one of the versions.
The value of self-esteem
When in a person’s life there is a guiding star as a guideline, goal, plan, dream that he is aiming at, it is precisely such a warehouse that a person will not look at trifles under his feet. Unlike those people whom everyone had to meet in their life's journey, remembering some petty grievances or harsh words spoken by them in a fit of quarrel, who have no guiding star in life, there is no goal, dream, no desire to go forward, not stopping at what has been achieved, not looking back.
It happens that a guiding star is a distant, distant goal that shines so brightly that a person simply falls out of ordinary life, obsessing with the unattainable, and everything else in life seems to him unnecessary and “inferior”. In fact, its existence is associated with a person’s self-esteem. It’s bad when it is not there, especially when it is inaccessible, the “golden mean” is the right and correct guide. Finding it, determining it is not an easy task, but sometimes the most important ones in life.