guiding star (noun) North Star: Polaris
Sinonime: Machiavellian, artful,
canny,
careful,
cautious, chary,
circumspect,
considerate, contriving, crafty, cunning, designing, devious,
discreet,
gingerly,
guarded, guileful,
intelligent, manipulative, politic, premeditating,
safe, scheming,
sharp, shrewd, sly,
wary, wily
Antonime: artless,
naive,
unassuming, uncalculating