Your questions, answered.

The Barefoot Healers was founded by me, Jennie Lowes, together with Bo Lemm. Over the years we trained health coaches, delivered whole-person health education programmes, and worked side by side helping people find their way back to health. Today I am at the helm, a Registered Nurse and Medical Astrologer based on Portugal's Silver Coast, bringing together integrative health, classical medical astrology and hands-on clinical care to help you understand your body at the level of its constitution, not just its symptoms. My aim now is to grow this into a wider Barefoot Network, a trusted circle of health coaches, therapists and practitioners who share the same grounded, whole-person way of working. Everything I offer is available online worldwide, and in person for those near me in Caldas da Rainha.

I am a Registered General Nurse with 27 years of clinical experience, twelve of them in UK critical care, and I am registered with the Ordem dos Enfermeiros here in Portugal. I am also an IPHM-accredited Integrative Health Practitioner and a Medical Astrologer, and a regular guest on the Richie Allen Show. My own health collapse, and the years I spent rebuilding it, are the reason I work the way I do: clinical rigour and ancient wisdom, treated as equally valid.

A health coach typically works from questionnaires and general protocols. I work from your constitutional blueprint. Nearly three decades at the bedside means I read the body clinically, and medical astrology lets me see the patterns and tendencies you were born with. Rather than handing you another generic plan, I help you build genuine self-knowledge, which is what makes change actually last.

Medical astrology is the oldest form of personalised medicine. It reads your natal chart as a constitutional health blueprint, mapping your elemental and humoral balance, your planetary health rulers, and the tendencies written into your body from birth. It draws on a tradition that runs from Hippocrates and Galen through Culpeper and Paracelsus, and it was once considered essential to good medicine. Hippocrates himself said a physician without astrology had no right to call himself a physician.

It is observational and educational. It shows patterns, not destiny.

No. You do not need to believe in anything. Medical astrology is a framework for self-knowledge, a way of seeing your constitutional patterns from a different angle. Many of the people I work with are intelligent sceptics who are simply tired of generic advice. What matters is not belief, but whether the picture rings true and gives you something useful to work with. It almost always does.

Not at all. Magazine star signs use only your Sun sign, one of dozens of factors, to make general daily predictions. Medical astrology reads your entire natal chart: your Sun, Moon and Rising, every planet, the twelve houses, and the health houses in particular. It is constitutional and personal, concerned with your temperament and physical tendencies, not with forecasting your week. It is a clinical lens, not entertainment.

A medical astrology reading interprets your natal chart as a constitutional health blueprint: your humoral temperament, your elemental balance, and the strengths and vulnerabilities carried in your chart, with particular attention to the health houses. You can have it as a detailed written report, or as a report with two live sessions so we can explore it together. It is the ideal starting point if you want to understand your body more deeply before deciding on any longer work.

The Four Humours, sanguine, choleric, melancholic and phlegmatic, are the original constitution types, described by Hippocrates and Galen and used in Western medicine for two thousand years. Each links to an element and a set of qualities, warm or cool, moist or dry, and together they describe your constitutional temperament: how your body tends to run, where it tends to tip out of balance, and what tends to bring it back. Your chart shows your humoral balance, which is where a reading begins.

No, and I would be wary of anyone who claimed it could. Medical astrology is educational and observational. It identifies constitutional patterns and tendencies; it does not diagnose, predict or treat illness, and it never replaces proper medical care. As a nurse, I hold that line firmly. A reading is there to deepen your understanding of yourself and to work alongside your healthcare, not instead of it.

Aries rules the head, face, skull, brain and eyes. As the first sign, it governs everything above the neck. A strong Aries emphasis in a chart can point to a tendency toward headaches, tension held in the head and jaw, or heat and inflammation showing up first at the top of the body. It is a warm, fiery, fast-moving signature.

Taurus rules the neck, throat, thyroid, vocal cords and cervical spine. It governs the bridge between head and body. A prominent Taurus can suggest a constitution where the throat and thyroid are a sensitive area, and where grounding, steadiness and nourishment matter especially to wellbeing.

Gemini rules the lungs, arms, hands, shoulders and the respiratory and nervous systems. It governs breath, movement and the flow of information through the body. A strong Gemini signature can point to a lively but easily overstimulated nervous system, and to the breath as a key place to regulate and restore balance.

Cancer rules the chest, breasts, stomach and the lining of the digestive tract. It governs how we take in nourishment, physically and emotionally. A prominent Cancer often reveals a deep link between feeling and digestion, where the stomach registers stress and comfort long before the mind does.

Leo rules the heart, spine, upper back and the circulation. It governs vitality itself, the body's central fire. A strong Leo emphasis can point to a constitution where the heart, in every sense, is central to wellbeing, and where warmth, joy and genuine self-expression are not luxuries but medicine.

Virgo rules the digestive system, the intestines, the gut and the process of assimilation. It governs how the body breaks things down and extracts what it needs. A prominent Virgo often points to a sensitive, reactive gut, and to digestion and the nervous system as the place where health is either built or undermined.

Libra rules the kidneys, the lower back, the adrenal glands and the body's fluid and acid-alkaline balance. It governs equilibrium at a physiological level. A strong Libra signature can suggest a constitution that thrives on balance and is sensitive to its loss, where stress, blood sugar and the adrenals are worth close attention.

Scorpio rules the reproductive and eliminatory organs, the bladder, the colon and the excretory system. It governs the body's deep processes of release, renewal and transformation. A prominent Scorpio can point to a powerful but intense constitution, where hormonal health and the body's ability to let go and detoxify are central themes.

Sagittarius rules the hips, thighs, liver and the sciatic nerve. It governs movement, expansion and the liver's work of processing and clearing. A strong Sagittarius emphasis often suggests a constitution that needs freedom and physical movement to stay well, and one where the liver rewards mindful living.

Capricorn rules the bones, joints, knees, teeth and skin, the whole skeletal structure. It governs the framework that holds us up. A prominent Capricorn can point to a durable, enduring constitution that nonetheless carries tension in the joints and structure, and for which rest and release matter as much as discipline.

Aquarius rules the circulation, the lower legs, the ankles and shins, and the body's electrical and nervous system. It governs oxygenation and the current that runs through us. A strong Aquarius signature can suggest a finely tuned, sometimes highly strung nervous system, and a circulation that benefits from grounding and steady rhythm.

Pisces rules the feet, the toes, the lymphatic system and the immune system. As the final sign, it governs the body's most subtle and boundary-dissolving processes. A prominent Pisces often points to a sensitive, permeable constitution, where the immune and lymphatic systems, and good boundaries, are key to staying well.

There are a few ways in, depending on how deep you want to go. A one-off medical astrology reading to understand your constitutional blueprint. Longer integrative health coaching over three or six months, where your chart guides a personalised plan of nutrition, lifestyle and support. In-person therapeutic massage and registered nursing care if you are near me on the Silver Coast. And mentorship for practitioners who want to work with both science and soul. Every path begins with a free, no-pressure conversation.

A written medical astrology reading is €225, or €375 with two live sessions to explore it together. Integrative health coaching is €997 for three months and €1,297 for six. In-person therapeutic massage starts at €55 for 60 minutes and €70 for 90 minutes. Nursing care is priced by need. If you are not sure which is right for you, a free discovery call is the best place to start.

Many of the people I work with have long, complicated health histories and have often felt dismissed elsewhere. I work alongside your medical care, never instead of it, bringing a whole-person view to help you understand the patterns underneath your symptoms. I cannot promise outcomes, and I will always be honest about what I can and cannot help with. A discovery call is the right place to talk through your situation.

The Medical Astrology Guide is a web app that puts the same classical medical astrology I use in sessions into your own hands. Enter your birth details and begin exploring your constitutional health blueprint, your Sun, Moon and Rising analysis and daily lunar guidance. It is free to start, with deeper tiers available, at medicalastrologyguide.com.

The Barefoot Roadmap is a self-led, whole-person health education spanning six months and the eight BAREFOOT pillars, from Body Consciousness and Food as Medicine to Rest, Equilibrium and living in tune with nature. It is being refreshed and will return. In the meantime, if the structured path appeals to you, mention it on a discovery call and I will point you in the right direction.

I see clients in person on Portugal's Silver Coast, at Espaço Zen in Caldas da Rainha, serving the wider Caldas, Obidos and Leiria region, about an hour north of Lisbon. Home treatments and outdoor sessions can be arranged. Everything I offer is also available online, worldwide, for those who are not in Portugal.

Yes. In person I offer therapeutic massage, integrative clinical bodywork informed by 27 years of nursing, trauma-informed and attuned to where the body holds tension, from €55. I also offer local registered nursing services, medical astrology and integrative health consultations, and workshops on the coast. You can read more on the In Person page.

Yes. As a Registered General Nurse with the Ordem dos Enfermeiros, I offer local nursing on the Silver Coast, including wound care and dressing changes, PICC and IV line management, health assessments at home, suture and staple removal, and accompaniment to medical appointments, including help navigating Portuguese-language care. Pricing depends on what is needed.

Both. Medical astrology readings and integrative health coaching are available online worldwide, and everything can also take place in person if you are near me on the Silver Coast. Massage and nursing are, naturally, in person only.

The best place to start is a free discovery call. It costs nothing and there is no obligation. We talk through where you are and what might help, and only then do you decide whether to go further. You can book one at this link.

A discovery call is exactly that, a conversation, lasting 30 to 45 minutes. No pressure, no sales script and no obligation. You tell me where you are and what you are hoping for, and I tell you honestly what I think might help, whether that is working with me or not.

Refund terms depend on the service and are set out in full in my Return and Refund Policy. If you are ever unsure or unhappy, please talk to me. I would always rather have an honest conversation than leave anyone feeling short-changed.

No. All sessions are conducted in English. If you are here on the Silver Coast and need support with Portuguese-language medical appointments, I can accompany you and help translate and advocate on your behalf.