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In fact, the angle between the axis of the earth and the ecliptic plane is about 23.5 degrees. If you look in the next animated image, you can see that while earth moves in an orbit around the sun in the ecliptic plane, it rotates around its own axis under that angle of 23.5 degrees all the while.
Every direction on the Horizon is South, and the stars move to the right or West while the Earth moves under them, to the East. At the South Pole every direction on the Horizon is North, and the stars move to the left or West while the Earth moves under them, to the East.