Omen Deck

What is an Omen Deck?

There’s a particular divination practice with a natural affinity to the art of photography…. it’s sometimes known as Omen Walking.

The practice emerges from a seasonal tradition - where the diviner will take a stroll in their local landscape… the streets of their neighborhood, or the winding pathways of a nearby park.

The diviner might have an inquiry, or simply be ‘seeking signs’. The idea is to open to the possibility of communication between spirit and material, to open to the naturally emerging world on your doorstep, and recognize it as the animist creature of mystic knowledge that it is…

There are omens all around us if we allow ourselves to see them.

FleetFoot’s Omen Deck is a collection of photographs taken during the photographer’s travels… traipsing the streets around his home, journeying up mountains and down rivers on the other side of the world, in and out of ritual and sacred spaces. With Hermes as a guide, the photographer listens closely, watches for the signs, and captures the omens he finds.

How might I use the Omen Deck?

Consider this deck a creative leap from an oracle deck. You may draw cards as you would with a tarot deck, and lay them before you. The images you see on the cards will offer omens and signs for what you need to hear, know and have insight into at the moment of drawing. Perhaps you seek clarity on a question, perhaps you simply wish to divine into your day or month ahead. A single card may be drawn, or multiple cards to craft a bigger picture.

Who is the Omen Deck made for?

Anyone who is interested in oracles and divination tools, anyone who seeks creative insight for a problem they are facing, anyone who understands the power of signs and the mystical gifts of the emergent world, anyone who appreciates the art of photography as a portal into other perspectives and different points of view. Artists, witches, pagans, activists, writers, seers, oracles and edge-walkers… anyone who seeks wisdom from the divine when facing the big of the small of all that life challenges us with.

Is it a tarot deck?

Not quite. It’s neither a tarot nor an oracle deck, however, it could be used as such. There are numbers in the corner to help a reader create their own system if they wish. There are 78 cards, so the reader may ascribe cards to the tarot if they so desire. You are encouraged to read and work with this deck in a way that inspires you. This deck is both familiar and mythic as it is bold and experimental.

What about the artist who made it?

Luke is an artist who works with multiple types of media, but the practice of photography is closest to his heart. It has been integral to his artistic expression since he was a child.

Luke is a Wildwood witch who teaches witchcraft within the tradition, and practices divination through tarot, lottery, and omen walking.

Luke is a devotee of Hermes, and works with the god to understand the art of communication, of pattern reading, of recognising signs and finding meaning in the world around us. Hermes is a guide into creativity, expression, and offers a queer-trickster perspective on the sacred/mundane.