Many times we have noticed parents convincing their children about magical wishes come true. One such belief is the wish made to the pole star during the time of Christmas. The Santa Claus is believed to liver in the polar region might listen up to all the wishes we make to the pole star and will make our wishes come true. As kids we were also shown the pole star glittering up in the sky. What is this pole star? According to astronomy, a pole star is the visible star that is present near the Earth’s Polar Regions. It may be the North Pole star or the South Pole star. Of the two, the North Pole star, Polaris (lode star) is the brightest and we usually refer it as the pole star. This belongs to the constellation of Ursa Minor and is placed between the Big Dipper and the Cassiopeia constellations. This pole star is a variable star in the sense over thousands of years Polaris would not be Earth’s pole star. The reason behind this is that precession of the equinoxes and due to the fact that the stars also make movements and are not fixed. The precession of the equinoxes means the shift of the equinox’s along the Earth’s elliptical path. This why Beta Ursae Minoris was the pole in 500 AD and the Polaris is now at present. Thuban and Vega will be the pole stars in the future. So make your wishes to Thuban and Vega too to make all your dreams come true in the future!