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the most brilliant horoscope I’d ever seen

the most brilliant horoscope I’d ever seen

Jeane Dixon, Joan Quigley and presidential astrology

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May 30, 2025
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Absolutely obsessed with these vintage book covers (images via ThriftBooks, and I order so much from them they should honestly sponsor me at this point)

In his 1988 memoir, For the Record, former White House Chief of Staff Donald Regan dropped a bombshell:

Virtually every major move and decision the Reagans made during my time as White House Chief of Staff was cleared in advance with a woman in San Francisco who drew up horoscopes to make certain that the planets were in a favorable alignment for the enterprise.

That woman was Joan Quigley.

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