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The Reagans and the Astrologer
Many regard the presidency of Ronald Reagan as one of the strongest
of the 20th century. Yet it wasn't widely circulated until after he left
office that the most powerful man on Earth and his influential wife, sought the advice of an
astrologer on many occasions - even on matters of world importance.
Joan Quigley became Nancy Reagan's astrologer after the two met on "The Merv Griffin Show" in the 1970s and reportedly provided astrological advice during Reagan's bid for the Republican nomination in 1976. After reaching the White House, the Reagans sought Quigley's horoscope readings even more. Some of her alleged influences include:
- She devised elaborate horoscope charts that showed dates and times - down to the last minute - that were both good and bad for the president. Nancy would provide Quigley with the president's itinerary, she would calculate the times most advantageous for success, and then Nancy would pass along the scheduling requirements to the White House staff.
- She contributed to the timing of international summits, presidential announcements and even the flight schedule of Air Force One.
- Shortly after Reagan was shot by John Wayne Hinckley, Nancy learned through Merv Griffin that Quigley had told him that Reagan's chart showed that this would be a bad day for him. She could have warned him that his life was in danger. Of course, this was after the fact of the shooting.
- Nancy Reagan had special private phone lines installed in the White House and at Camp David expressly for talking to Quigley.
- "I was the Teflon in what came to be known as the Teflon presidency," Quigley later wrote, taking credit for the timing of his actions that would deflect criticism.
Hillary Goes into a Trance
In the book The Choice, Bob Woodward of Watergate fame
describes how Hillary Rodham Clinton attended some mystical
sessions with a New Age guru when Bill was first running for the presidency.
Mrs. Clinton, according to Woodward, had been friends with a psychic researcher named Jean Houston, who often wrote and lectured about the existence of unseen spirits of the dead. In 1995, during a séance in the White House solarium, the book says, Hillary sank into a trance and channeled the spirits of Eleanor Roosevelt and Mahatma Gandhi.
After Woodward's book broke this story, and fearing comparisons to Nancy Reagan and her astrologer, both Hillary and Houston downplayed the event. They said they were just imagined conversations and idea sessions.
No doubt, this is not the last that we'll see of a paranormal connection to
the President of the United States. 
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