Comment by m4nu3l

It seems it was her wife who pushed for that. By reading the article, it doesn't sound like he believed any of that.

> "If it makes you feel better, go ahead and do it," she quoted the president as saying.

Also

> Both the president and Nancy Reagan denied that any policies or decisions were based on astrology.

So we can't really tell to what extent, if any, those consultations affected the actual policies.

In general, I don't trust politicians by default. Still, I also don't trust astrologers (and even less so), so there is no reason for me to believe the astrologer more than the president.