who am I?

Hola spiritual family!

My name is Paloma & I am a Finnish-Dominican intuitive tarot reader, psychic & a spiritual bruja also known as Bruja Luna Paloma.

Throughout my life, my passions have varied but always somehow centered around people, community work, and now today connecting with BIPOC individuals who are drawn to spirituality, magic and the occult.

Especially here in Finland, where I noticed a lack of representation in spiritual circles when I first began exploring this path.

There is so much to learn when it comes to ancient Finnish practices, spirituality, Dominican voodoo & magic. With Dominican magic, I love the fact that it brings people & closed communities together. A space where people can connect through music and experiences with the spirits lwas.

I plan on continuing my learning journey every day.

but what do you do when the spiritual spaces around you don’t feel like they’re calling to you?

I haven’t always been on this path. In fact if you would’ve had asked me 10 years ago what inspires me I would’ve given you a different answer.

I have a bachelor’s degree in tourism and business management, with a major in event production, and many years of experience in the travel and event organizing field. I believe this background has shaped me into the person I am today, giving me the ability to communicate and build connections with people from all over the world. As a former competitive swimmer and swimming coach, water has always been and still is an important element in my life. I now incorporate its energy into the magic I practice for myself and with my clients as well. Alongside teaching and working with people, I have also organized several events with the intention of bringing the Afro-Finnish community together.

When I began working with tarot and exploring spirituality more deeply, I started meeting others in the field and attending different events. What stood out to me, however, was the lack of representation and spaces for black and brown practitioners. So what do you do when the spiritual spaces around you don’t feel like they’re calling to you? You create your own.

In 2025, I held the very first BIPOC Witch Circle in Finland. From the beginning, my dream was to create a space where we could come together, connect, and be ourselves without fear of being exoticized or misunderstood. It’s something I’m deeply proud of, and I hold big visions for where it can grow in the future.


I was a very intuitive and imaginative child - always believing there were divine energies surrounding us. I attended a Catholic school in Dominican Republic for a few years, but it never truly resonated with me even as a child. I never liked labels or people trying to fit me into a box or mould me into something I am not. Now as an adult while I began researching and connecting with my roots - I found out that within family lineage, I am not the only one who practiced spirituality. There have been other practicioners before me. On my mothers side there were doulas and Shaman’s working with herbs and on my father’s side many generations who worked with spirits & the 21 divisions or Dominican voodoo. This was something that sparked a curiosity in me. So I wanted to learn more.

I bought my first tarot deck in 2019 when I was visiting family in London. I felt called to the traditional Raider-Waite Smith deck and started studying the meanings of each card to get myself familiar with them. That moment opened a door to a path that led me deeper, and I’m truly grateful I chose to walk through it.

When I sit down in a reading with a client, I tune in to the energies surrounding us. I like to work together with my ancestors and spirit guides and aks for guidance when it feels called for.

Photo by: Seidi Rantanen

I wish I had an elder in my family who could’ve teach me all these things, but I didn’t. I had to learn, study, find others like me and connect with a teacher so I could really deepen my knowledge.

Being a bruja is a big part of my identity and I carry it proudly. It is a way to connect back to my Afrodominican roots and I feel I am reclaiming it for my ancestors who couldn’t because they had to practice in secret. There is so much I have had to learn and continue learning when it comes to being a bruja & that is the beauty of it. Theres no one correct way of doing so.

One of the reasons I call myself a bruja is because I want to dismantle the negative thoughts that people might put on to that word. A bruja is not an evil being or something to be scared of.


My ancestors practiced magic and it was not until their countries got colonized that fear was placed upon them in return. Many brujxs were healers & practicioners who helped a lot of people from their own communities. So whenever I make an impact with work or help another person, I think of them.

 

follow me on Instagram & TIK TOK

@Brujalunapaloma