You know I was doing some readings with this deck the other day and the Singer of Healing showed up and offered ol' Gloominus a healing.
Perhaps when Gloominus Doom appears he is a reminder to all of us that we have opportunities to share our light, and to be the light that others need to see. I mean not everyone can always be up or at the top of their game, right? So Gloominus may be carrying some of the darkness, and at the same time need to an injection of the light.
When we care for him, we are soothing something in ourselves, that no other source can respond to. The shadow side is something that we as readers and psychics need to know and understand about ourselves, and so with Gloominus, his appearance oftentimes can be a call to nurture our selves, and be the balm that might be needed for others as well, and learning to know the difference.
I admit I do like the comical side goldnchyl brings up, because yes, he has that tendency to seem as if he is just ridiculous.
But the light on the tips of his fingers I find very "touching". Even though he is doom and gloom personified, he still reaches out to heal. For me the hands, the hand chakras, when lit, are about healing. So when I see him, he evokes a very complicated response in me.