Lodestar
Lodestar is an archaic word for a star that guides, especially the northern pole star (currently Polaris).
Lodestar may also refer to:

Art and entertainment
Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book, an award given annually at the World Science Fiction Convention
Lodestar (band), an English band founded in 1996, or their debut album
Lodestar (album), 2016 album by the English folk musician Shirley Collins
"Lodestar" (Anderson), a 1973 short story by Poul Anderson
LodeStar Festival, an annual music festival in Lode, Cambridgeshire, England
Lodestar, a 2000 science fiction novel by Michael Flynn
Lodestar, a character in the Ben 10 TV series
Lodestar, a legendary island on the Grand Line in One Piece by Eiichiro Oda
Lodestar, The personal class of the Legendary Hero-King Marth in Fire Emblem

Vehicles
GWR 4000 Class 4003 Lode Star, a British steam locomotive
Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar, a passenger transport aircraft of the World War II era
Lodestar (trimaran), a cruising trimaran sailboat design

Other uses
Lodestar (navigation), a star used in celestial navigation
Lodestar method, a basis for calculating attorney's fees

See also
Loadstar (disambiguation)
Lode (disambiguation)
Lodestone