1980's Lifestyles and Social Trends | Quigley, Joan 1927-

WHIT E HOUSE ASTROLOGER

Stranger Than Fiction.

In Robert A. Heinlein's 1961 science-fiction novel Stranger in a Strange Land the president of the world secretly receives advice from an astrologer. In 1988 it was learned that the wife of the president of the United States had, for some years, been consulting an astrologer concerning her husband's schedule. Nancy Reagan's unnamed "friend" was soon revealed to be San Francisco astrologer Joan Quigley. Astonishment and outrage that the leader of the free world was guided in his actions by a woman who saw destiny in the stars provided the Reagan administration with one of its greatest embarrassments.

How to Become a White House Astrologer.

Quigley, who was educated at prestigious Vassar College, had been interested in astrology since she was a teenager. After college she began studying with an astrologer and writing about the subject for the magazine...