SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Joan Quigley, the astrologer who helped determine President Ronald Reagan’s schedule and claimed to have convinced him to soften his stance toward the Soviet Union, has died.
The San Francisco Chronicle, quoting Quigley’s sister, Ruth, said Friday Joan Quigley died Oct. 21 at her San Francisco home at the age of 87 after an unspecified illness.
Nancy Reagan began consulting Quigley after the 1981 assassination attempt on her husband. She wrote in her 1989 memoir, “My Turn,” that she wanted to keep him from getting shot again.
Quigley would go on to advise Nancy Reagan about dates for presidential trips and news conferences.
The president and Nancy Reagan denied that any policies or decisions were based on astrology.
But Joan Quigley said she changed the president’s attitude toward the Soviets.