Background
Quigley was born in Kansas City, Missouri.
Quigley was born in Kansas City, Missouri.
Vassar College.
She was called on by First Lady Nancy Reagan in 1981 after John Hinckley"s attempted assassination of the president, and stayed on as the White House astrologer in secret until being outed in 1988 by ousted former chief of staff Donald Regan. Joan Quigley first met Nancy Reagan in the 1970s on The Merv Griffin Show. After Ronald Reagan became president, and after the attempt on his life on March 30, 1981, Nancy asked Quigley if she could have foreseen, and possibly prevented, the assassination attempt.
Quigley answered affirmatively, saying that she could have done so had she been looking at the time.
At that point, Nancy Reagan enlisted Quigley"s astrological advice on a regular basis, and held frequent telephone conversations with Quigley. Joan Quigley discussed her relationship with Nancy Reagan in a book, titled What Does Joan Say?.
Quigley wrote, "Not since the days of the Roman emperors—and never in the history of the United States Presidency—has an astrologer played such a significant role in the nation"s affairs of State."
Regan, who frequently quarreled with Nancy Reagan, resigned in 1987 after the Iran-Contra affair. In 1988, Regan published his memoir Foreign the Record: From Wall Street to Washington, revealing that Nancy Reagan had consulted with Quigley, and previously with astrologer Jeane Dixon.
Regan wrote:
After the leak, Quigley was swarmed with media attention.
Of the entire incident, Nancy Reagan said, "Nobody was hurt by it—except, possibly, medical "
Quigley died after an illness on October 21, 2014.
When Donald Regan took over as Chief of Staff for President Reagan in 1985, he was informed by Reagan aide Michael Deaver about Quigley and her White House role. 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.
