This is an October with the wow-factor. You may already know why it is going to be a month to remember, but if nothing springs to mind get ready to rock and roll.
Or so said online horoscope provider
astrolutely.com in their forecast for Aries for the month of October.
As far as Joan Quigley (Aries) was concerned, the 'wow factor' was somewhat two-edged: Ms. Quigley died on Tuesday at the age of 81.
Ms. Quigley is best remembered as the astrologer whose services were requested by Nancy Reagan while her husband Ronald was the 40th President of The United States. According to Quigley's own memoirs, What Does Joan Say?: My Seven Years As White House Astrologer to Nancy and Ronald Reagan:
"I was responsible for timing all press conferences, most speeches, the State of the Union addresses, the takeoffs and landings of Air Force One. I picked the time of Ronald Reagan's debate with Carter and the two debates with Walter Mondale; all extended trips abroad as well as the shorter trips and one-day excursions."
The LA Times goes on:
Quigley spoke to the president only once, briefly, at a 1985 state dinner. But she said on "CBS The Morning" in 1990, that "through Nancy, I really had a direct line to the president."
Nancy Reagan, who declined to comment on Quigley's death, said in her book that her husband was aware she was conferring with an astrologer. Quigley, who said she even had a hand in easing the president's "evil empire" stance against the Soviet Union, maintained that she played an important role in the Reagan White House.
"Each person did their own job and own function," she told The Times in 1990. "Nancy knew what she had in me. I don't think she ever wanted to admit it. I think she would have preferred for me never to be heard from again."
The role of the astrologer in the Reagan White House was first revealed in former White House Chief of Staff Donald Regan's 1988 book
For the Record:
...the president's schedule — and therefore his life and the most important business of the American nation — was largely under the control of the first lady's astrologer.
The next time some knucklehead starts harking back to The Golden Age of St. Ron, remind them of this.
And if they reply: "Well, Quigley told President Reagan that he was going to meet a tall, dark bearded stranger and illegally sell him weapons."...hell, give them the point.