I’m not always sure whether I’m going North or South, especially at night; but I never forget a landmark and always have a ‘sense’ of where I should head.
You and I are probably like the migrating birds, which scientists think have some kind of magnetic guide in their heads :-)
When my youngest was an infant, it didn’t matter how I put him to bed in the crib. Every morning he woke up with his head pointing North and his nose East. It was uncanny. He’s a very good navigator. It has always made me wonder about that as an inborn trait.
I wonder if that’s how I was, but no one noticed. (So many kids to keep track of.)