What most people don't know is that not all of Jean Dixon's predictions came true. For instance, she said that World War III would start in 1958, and we're all glad that one didn't come true. She also predicted that labor leader, Walter Reuther would be a presidential candidate in 1964 which was also wrong, and that Russia would be the first country to land a man on the moon. Go into space, land on the moon - on that last one, she was at least close.
Her most famous psychic prediction, and one that shall be remembered for forever, is that President John Kennedy would die in office. Her exact premonition was that a president elected in 1960, who was tall, young and with blue eyes would die as a result of an assassination in Dallas, Texas. It is said that the part about the assassination wasn't printed because the reporters refused.
Dixon was also psychic-to-stars not the least of which was Ronald and Nancy Reagan. Many astrologers and psychics were used by Nancy Reagan to make the president's schedule, which also caused much scandal in the press. And, of all the psychics to consult, she felt that Jean Dixon was the best, that is, until one day, Nancy Reagan changed her mind. She decided that Jean Dixon had lost her powers, and Nancy turned instead to Dixon's rival, Joan Quigley for advice.
In her autobiography, Jean Dixon wrote horoscopes for dogs, astrological cookbooks and many books on psychic phenomena, ultimately writing a total of seven books on psychic phenomena. She was a firm believer in extra-sensory perception and was well-known in Washington society.
After the death of President Kennedy in 1963, Dixon's notoriety hit an all-time high, causing political columnist, Ruth Montgomery to write a book about her called, "A Gift of Prophecy: The Phenomenal Jean Dixon," which was published in 1965. The book sold more than 3 million copies and was filled with hundreds of accurate predictions that Dixon made throughout the years leaving out predictions which were not accurate. The book made her celebrity overnight, and she was in demand for seminars and lectures from then on. Eventually, Dixon got a syndicated horoscope column which was printed in newspapers worldwide.
Her life wasn't all bliss. Tabloids were constantly attacking her about her psychic abilities, and she became someone that everyone loved to hate. Many times, Dixon's predictions were reported as fake and countless people called her a fraud. People even called into question her prediction of the killing of the President. Called the "The Jean Dixon Effect", it presented a theory about people who came up with a few accurate predictions conveniently overlooked all of the other premonitions that didn't come true. It was considered chance by John Allen Paulos who was respected mathematician at the time.
While it was true that many of her predictions were faulty, there were some big ones that were true. So you never know, all in all, Jean Dixon is one of the most colorful psychics in history, and even though she wasn't always accurate. She was a flamboyant and a hard to forget person in U. S. society.
