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Nancy Reagan paid an astrologer three thousand dollars a month to guide the White House

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While the US was busy fighting the War on Drugs and the Cold War, the First Lady was secretly funneling $3,000 a month to a San Francisco astrologer. Joan Quigley used color-coded calendars to tell the President's Chief of Staff which days were 'good,' 'bad,' or 'neutral' for presidential activities. Taxpayer dollars essentially funded presidential palm reading.

Nancy Reagan paid an astrologer three thousand dollars a month to guide the White House
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