Cloud
Clouds veil the sky, so they stand for how far ahead you can see. Traditional reading took auspicious or many-coloured clouds as a great omen and read them as valuable ties and celebration. Clouds parting for the sun means worry lifting, and rising on a cloud is a leading good omen of your standing rising. Dark clouds gathering, by contrast, only signal that worry is running ahead of you; they do not forecast anything bad.
Clouds announce in advance what the sky is about to do, so in dreams they reflect both the hint of what is coming and your present mood. Old dream books carried on the habit of reading the sky's intent from the clouds, and rated coloured cloud very highly. The colour and movement of the clouds decide the meaning.
Readings by Situation
Seeing auspicious or many-coloured clouds
A great omen of valuable ties and celebration. Tradition read clouds touched with light as a sign sent from the sky. The finer the colour, the better it reads.
Clouds parting for the sun
What was covered comes into view. Clouds scatter of their own accord, so this dream points at something that clears because its time came, not because you did anything.
Rising on a cloud
A leading good omen of your standing rising. Tradition read riding a cloud as reaching a high position. A clear view reads more strongly still.
Dark clouds gathering
This only signals that worry is running ahead of you; it does not forecast anything bad. Tradition too saw clouds as things that pass. Seeing what nags at you cuts it down to size.
Tradition handles many cloud forms as auspicious. Dark clouds do not fix anything bad in place. A cloud dream tells you nothing about the weather, though, so if one comes the night before rain is forecast, look at that day’s plans rather than at the sky.