![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.planetwavesweekly.com\/resources\/images\/june-11-11-1.jpg?resize=175%2C215&ssl=1\" "\\"Eric")
The source of the review is Free Horoscopes Astrology<\/a><\/strong> (dot-com), apparently our top hit-referrer. We keep getting listed as one of the best astrology sites out there, but this one was truly interesting: we were given an ‘honorable mention’ because we don’t offer free horoscopes. Now, since the reviewing site is called “Free Horoscopes Astrology,” this is a little like the time that I read a poem at a slam in Germany and got a kind of honorable mention because I was speaking English. But this is better.<\/p>\n The reviewers are saying that of all the top astrology sites on the Internet, we’re the only one that requires a subscription fee for the horoscopes — and people even pay it. All the ‘better’ sites give away their work and people pony up a few dollars for ours. In a capitalist system, according to my sense of irony, that says we are the honorary #1 site. Not that I’m competitive or anything.<\/p>\n We are doing this on an Internet where people still expect things to be free. Most don’t pause to wonder how they’re supposed to get there.<\/p>\n About eight years ago, when the Net was still pretty young, I realized that people valued my horoscopes and if I wanted to be in business, I needed to add a subscription fee. I did — and a big pile of bills on my desk disappeared that week<\/em>. And I was able to hire Chelsea about a month later, and start growing my business as a business. As an astrologer who counsels a lot of artists, actors, recording artists and healers, this the biggest issue out there: how to be a business. That’s what we are: a cool one, a friendly one, but a business indeed. This ain’t my hobby and you get what you pay for. This, we guarantee.<\/p>\n Now for that review — PS, when they listed the ‘eclectic interests’ of Planet Waves, they forgot to mention everything that I’ve had to say about sex and relationships<\/a><\/strong> over the years.<\/p>\n Honorable Mention – Planet Waves by Eric Francis<\/strong><\/p>\n We find ourselves scratching our head as to how one of the top three astrologers in the world and a terrific website like Planet Waves by Eric Francis didn’t make our top ten best astrology website list. He is after all, one of our very favorite astrologers on the web. Try as we could, though, in spite of the outstanding quality of Eric’s writing and his commitment to bettering the world, we simply couldn’t place him based upon the scarcity of free horoscopes available on his website. We realize that Eric’s writing is both prolific and important. His interests are eclectic, spanning world news and photography, art and philosophy as well as astrology, and we are deeply aware of the contribution that Planet Waves makes. The articles and photographs are so good and the monthly horoscope forecasts are both outstanding and free. Had there been a free weekly reading, we would certainly have placed Planet Waves in our top 10 astrology sites on the web. We just couldn’t do that because others are providing so much high quality free astrology on a daily or weekly basis and the focus of our site is on free horoscopes and astrology forecasts. Still, Eric Francis deserves honorable mention as one of the best astrologers we’ve ever seen. He is truly a renaissance man and Planet Waves by Eric Francis is one of the best sites on the internet, period.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Friends, Cousins, Readers: This morning, an email appeared on my desk saying that Planet Waves got an honorable mention as one of the best astrology websites on the Internet. This is the third time in a month or so that we’ve made one of these lists. 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\n![\"Eric](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.planetwavesweekly.com\/resources\/images\/sign_white.jpg?resize=185%2C45&ssl=1\" "\\"Planet")
\nPlanet Waves Founder & Editor<\/p>\n