The Storm Cloud Oracle: Harness Bad Omens for Everyday Guidance and Cosmic Wisdom

Embrace the darkness and harness the power of bad omens while finding light in the clouds. This is an oracle deck that puts power of the gothic into your hands.

The Storm Cloud Oracle is a beautifully illustrated mini-encyclopedia of gothic emblems. Each card is based on a bad omen, a feared creature or an unlucky sign, all drawn as if seen in a cloud. But within every shadow, there is light, as each card also carries a message of hope, courage and resilience - because, of course, every storm cloud has a silver lining. After all, ’bad omens’ aren’t always bad. These symbols that we are told to fear hold power and strength. And when you’re in a dark place, you don’t always want to be told to just ’look on the bright side’. Sometimes, you want a deck that sits with you in the dark and says: You’re not alone. The storm will pass.

Clare Gregory is the maker, designer and founder of Bonearrow, a jewellery workshop in Nottingham, England. She was co-author, with Kerry Ward, of Crystal Magic Tarot (OH, 2022). A self-described ’weird kid’, Clare has always been fascinated with the macabre and mystical.