Patric Walker would be proud
The most impressive horoscopes I’ve ever read, Eric. Patric Walker would be proud. Thank you.
— Geoff Marsh
(on the July 2019 monthly horoscope)
The most impressive horoscopes I’ve ever read, Eric. Patric Walker would be proud. Thank you.
— Geoff Marsh
(on the July 2019 monthly horoscope)
Many thanks for all the love and great wisdom you give, the Spring Readings sure helped to focus and ground everything happening around me.
— M.M.
Praise for Eric Francis
“Eric Francis is a rare beast: a skilled astrologer, a stylish writer and an acclaimed investigative journalist. This perceptive and entertaining account of his journey, from Miracle Manor to hard-nosed reporter to new age enlightenment provides a fascinating insight into one man’s very personal voyage of discovery.”
— Sally Brompton
Horoscope writer, The Mail on Sunday, The New York Post and TV Guide
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“As a practicing astrologer and author I protest the widespread damage to the already shaky reputation of astrology perpetuated by 89% of newspaper astrology columns. If it were not for Eric Francis’ PLANET WAVES, and the others in that rarified eleven percent range, most people would remain clueless of the richness, splendor and eloquence of this archetypal language. What sets Eric’s written work apart is the spirit of generosity that infuses his unique brand of spiritual anarchy. You see, Eric is that rare breed of astrologer with heart, soul and a mind of his own. I get the feeling that he deeply cares about whatever he writes yet I also sense this feral quality between the lines. It’s as if his word vessels carry the celebratory screams of someone who has busted out of the restraints of conventional thought, rescued his imagination from the sleep of cultural trance and is now calmly adjusting the way we think about astrology, ourselves and the magical world around us.”
— Antero Alli
Author, Astrologik, The Vertical Oracle, Angel Tech Filmmaker, Tragos, The Greater Circulation, Under a Shipwrecked Moon
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“Eric is knowledgeable yet humble. I admire his ability to open my mind with his insights without having to impress me with his expertise. He’s the kind of teacher I like best — specific and authoritative in communicating what he has discovered even as he pushes ahead into the unknown with relentless curiosity.”
— Rob Brezsny
Weekly horoscope columnist, Free Will Astrology (since 1978)
Author, The Televisionary Oracle
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“Eric Francis has pulled off the difficult feat of writing a new kind of astrology book — a book which isn’t really about astrology at all — or rather which gives the feel of becoming an astrologer, of practicing the art, and applying it to life. The ups and downs and comical turns of his story are linked, of course, to the movements and dispositions of the planets, so reading his book you unconsciously breathe in a great deal of succinct and telling information on the subject. It’s also the kind of involving and likable book that really makes you want to know the author!”
— Derek and Julia Parker
Authors, Parker’s Astrology and more than 50 other books
Former chairs, Faculty of Astrological Studies, London
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“Eric Francis is a very nice chap — and a clever one too. He writes with a rare combination of passion and insight and his astrological judgments are both shrewd and sensitive.”
— Jonathan Cainer
Horoscope writer, The Daily Mail
Author of Jonathan Cainer’s Guide to the Zodiac and The Complete Book of the Zodiac
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“This delicious piece of writing from Eric Francis will both delight professionals and encourage students. He is a master of applied astrology, dealing with real issues, real people, and real suffering, while engaging intelligently with the astrological tradition. This is “grassroots” astrology at its best, and very elegant writing, too.”
— Melanie Reinhart
Faculty member, Center for Psychological Astrology and Faculty of Astrological Studies, London. Author of the classic Chiron and the Healing Journey, To the Edge and Beyond and Incarnation
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“Eric Francis is a deep-thinking intellectual packaged as a working man’s astrologer. His writing is fluid; his perspectives are original. His astrology is eclectic, sometimes radical, yet firmly founded on the classical tradition. He is a fresh voice in the winds of astrology.”
— Rick Levine
Founder, StarIQ.com, worldwide astrology lecturer
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“I have always admired your writing, your commitment to social change and your criticism of conventional belief, and I do think that astrology is total bullshit.”
— Brad Blanton
Author, Radical Honesty and Practicing Radical Honesty
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“Eric Frances has some book here. He combines a frenzied intelligence with an adrenaline rushed wit and humor. It’s hard not to be buzzed as you turn the pages, taking a hectic stroll through his warped but wise thinking. The world is about to end and begin at the same time. Eric knows this, and guides us through both its destruction and creation. Caution: If you read this on the toilet you might fall in go swirling down the hole of deep meaning.”
— Scott Kalechstein
Inspirational speaker and singer, Pisces Classmate of Eric from John Dewey High School
Again. Uncanny. Wow. Totally on point. So much so, I bought readings for my daughter, cousin and a friend as gifts.
But the best part isn’t the accuracy and jaw-dropping empowerment I felt; it was the delivery. Eric is so personable, so funny, so engaging, yet able to cut right to the core — it’s like talking with a good friend who loves you and respects you, and wants to see you have the best in life, and is willing to do away with bullshit by being straight and to the point in the most loving, supportive and encouraging way. I need to talk to MYSELF the way Eric talks to us! Thank you so much.
— Glinda W.
“I find your horoscopes and articles equally useful and practical, but also vastly informative, always thought-provoking, and frequently delightful. It’s nice to have a knife, and a bottle of water, and maps — paper and GPS ones, and good companions, among them far-seers who recognize patterns and can navigate by the stars as we all travel the rough roads of this perilous and fated time. Your content is a rest and a refuge and a restorative, and I am grateful for it.”
Sara Mc
Youall (one word; I’m southern) are the Swiss Army Knife of astrology. If a blade doesn’t work or isn’t what’s required, maybe the corkscrew or the screwdriver will do the trick. Something will be useful, perhaps in unexpected ways, and one feels secure, just knowing the tool is in your pocket or your purse or your glove compartment. I find your horoscopes and articles equally useful and practical, but also vastly informative, always thought-provoking, and frequently delightful. It’s nice to have a knife, and a bottle of water, and maps, paper and GPS ones, and good companions, among them far-seers who recognize patterns and can navigate by the stars as we all travel the rough roads of this perilous and fated time. Your content is a rest and a refuge and a restorative, and I am grateful for it.
Thank you all (separate words this time, for each and every one of you individually, as opposed to the marvelous team/unit/family above),
Namaste, y’all,
Sara Mc
Very much appreciate the work all of you do. Eric’s voice and the writings provide an island of calm in the sea of chaos and craze.
— J. Willie
“Thank you for my Aries reading. It is so on point!
I listened to it during a road trip; my car companion was also Aries and we really found a lot of similitude in what’s happening on our lives right now. You are the best, so clear, connecting all the dots effortlessly.”
— M. Andrews
Dear Eric, I’ve been following you since 2010 and you’ve been a major influence over my profound immersion into astrology. I’m reading through the Gemini intelligence reading you just wrote and I have to say, you are so spot on and with such subtlety of my psyche that I’m experiencing profound gratitude for your work, your trust in what your mind and intuition picks up, and your devotion to your calling.
The piece on Absolus (1st house) and on trust (8th house) has revealed a hidden factor that was in process in my field. Thank you.
I’m not even done reading through but had to write you right away 🙂
Blessings to you,
— Jean-Manuel
“Over the past several years I have been looking for a more in-depth approach to astrology and that has led me time and time again to your website. I really love the work being done at Planet Waves and have found such a deep resonance with your perspective and insights. There have been many times it has given me just the thing I needed to get me oriented and to see the way ahead. In an increasingly disorienting world, this is no small thing! I am a licensed psychotherapist by profession and absolutely concur with Eric that the ideal approach to therapy would be an intelligent marriage of astrology and psychology.”
— M. Porter