“We have heard again and again that Mrs. Reagan turned the president away from the Evil Empire and toward the meetings with Gorbachev. Later, on NBC Nightly News, the San Francisco astrologer Joan Quiglet claimed a role in influencing both Reagans on this point, explaining that she had ‘changed their Evil Empire attitude by briefing them on Gorbachev’s horoscope.’”
- “In the Realm of the Fisher King,” Joan Didion, 1989.
- “In the Realm of the Fisher King,” Joan Didion, 1989.