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    Joan Quigley, Ronald Reagan’s Guide to the Stars

    by Jessica Weisberg Jun 04, 2018 6 minutes

    “Virtually every major move and decision the Reagans made during my time as White House Chief of Staff was cleared in advance with this woman in San Francisco who drew up horoscopes to make certain that the planets were in a favorable alignment for the enterprise,” writes Don Regan, President Reagan’s chief of staff, in his memoir, For the Record. Regan kept a color-coded calendar on his desk, with “good” days highlighted in green and “bad” days highlighted in red. Here’s the calendar for the first few months of 1986:

    Jan 16–23 very bad
    Jan 20 nothing outside the WH—possible attempt
    Feb 20–26 be careful
    March 7–14 bad period
    March 10–14 no outside activity
    March 16 very bad
    March 21 no
    March 27 no
    March 12–19 no trips exposure
    March 19–25 no public exposure
    April 1 careful
    April 11 careful
    April 17 careful
    April 21–28 stay home

    Regan came to feel that this astrologer held disproportionate power over

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