In both January and July, Earth’s rotation axis still points toward Polaris.

Why the direction doesn’t change

  • Earth’s axis in space is essentially fixed on human time scales, like a spinning top whose tilt keeps pointing the same way as it orbits the Sun.
  • The seasons (January vs July) are caused by where Earth is in its orbit relative to the Sun, not by any significant change in the axis direction itself.

A tiny long‑term change

  • Over about 26,000 years, the axis slowly “wobbles” in a motion called precession, which gradually changes the star it points to as the pole star.
  • Right now, during both winter and summer, that direction remains very close to Polaris, which is why it serves as the North Star.

So the short classroom‑style answer is: In July, it still points toward Polaris.