In the West , political leaders have sometimes consulted astrologers . For example , the British intelligence agency MI5 employed Louis de Wohl as an astrologer after claims surfaced that Adolf Hitler used astrology to time his actions . The War Office was " ... interested to know what Hitler 's own astrologers would be telling him from week to week . " In fact , de Wohl 's predictions were so inaccurate that he was soon labelled a " complete charlatan , " and later evidence showed that Hitler considered astrology " complete nonsense . " After John Hinckley 's attempted assassination of US President Ronald Reagan , first lady Nancy Reagan commissioned astrologer Joan Quigley to act as the secret White House astrologer . However , Quigley 's role ended in 1988 when it became public through the memoirs of former chief of staff , Donald Regan
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