Cat & Butterfly
On March 31st of this year, I found myself in Alberta, Canada, doing in-person tarot card readings at one of the retail locations where Made By A Real Witch™ Products are sold. I was able to sit & enjoy the company of many people that day & had very interesting conversations with all.
One of my clients was a local woman named Deb, whom I’d met on a couple of different occasions over the past few years. Deb is a lovely gentle soul & is someone I instantly felt a connection with. She sat across from me at my reading table & we chatted about life in general as I shuffled the cards.
About a half hour into Deb’s reading, I started getting visions. That doesn’t happen often when I’m doing tarot card readings, but when it does, I let it flow. I was seeing a pair of legs dressed in faded blue jeans. They were a woman’s legs - but not Deb’s. I was shown a wooden table where this woman in my vision was seated. Because we had been talking about Deb’s adult daughter, I assumed this was her. I mentioned this to Deb. Moments later, I told Deb that the room with the wooden table was large. There were no overhead lights turned on. There was a lot of natural light filtering into the room from behind the woman who was seated at the table - as if there was a large window or row of windows behind her. At the far end of the room - which was blurred - I could see a smaller window. That smaller window was also cascading natural light into the room. I described the wooden table in a little more detail & Deb told me that I was in her house. She said that I had just described her dining room. Deb told me that she has a large wooden dining table with a series of big windows behind it. Because they let in such a large amount of sunlight, she rarely turned-on lights during the day. Deb explained that her home is open concept - with the dining room at one end & her kitchen at the other. On the far end of the kitchen - across from the dining table - was her kitchen sink with a small window above it.
Next, I was shown a cat rubbing up against the legs of the person seated at the table. The cat was walking back & forth…leaning in very affectionately towards the person’s legs. It was like the cat was trying to give that person a hug. I could see the cat’s tail standing up & I could see the top of its back. It was an orange & white cat. Deb & I had talked about her many pets on different occasions, but at the time of her reading I had forgotten that she owned an orange & white cat. I could feel a tremendous amount of love & happiness emanating from the cat in my vision. It was quite lovely to feel. Deb knew which of her pets that I was speaking of & we talked about the positive energy of our pets & animals in general.
At this point, we felt that the visions were simply indicating an upcoming visit from Deb’s daughter - how lovely - but the visions didn’t stop there. Next, I was shown the cat…just the cat. I was shown the cat laying in a large patch of gravel outdoors. It was dusty & dry. The cat was happily rolling around in the dirt & playing with a butterfly. The butterfly then became emphasized. There was a very surreal, uplifting energy to all of it. I could feel a tremendous amount of love. I mentioned all of this to Deb, who told me that she associates butterflies with her mother who passed away many years ago. She then told me that she has a large gravel roundabout just outside of her home where her cat likes to lay. She told me that he spends a lot of time there - rolling in the gravel & playing.
I told Deb that her mother is using her cat as a means to communicate with her. She wants Deb to know that it’s her. The second I mentioned that, I got goosebumps up my entire body - my guides way of letting me know that I’d hit the nail on the head. We both became emotional in that moment. I told Deb that her mother is using the cat as a way to be physically close to Deb & her granddaughter…to hug them & show them affection.
Deb is going through a particularly challenging stage in her life & it made sense to both of us that her mother would be close by…showing her & her granddaughter extra love & affection. Deb had mentioned when she first walked into the store that one of her cats had become oddly affectionate in recent weeks…as if it had taken on a whole new personality…but I didn’t really think too much of it when it was said. It wasn’t until we got into her reading that a bigger picture emerged & everything made sense.
I find it interesting how spirit can come back & interact with us in this realm. I find it fascinating how they can use objects, animals, energy & people to relay messages to us. I’m wishing Deb & her loved ones a beautiful rest of their year. May they feel the energy of Deb’s mother emanating from the cat whenever it is near & may it bring them comfort to know that she is still with them.
I hope this true ghost story warms your heart as much as it did mine. Happy Sunday my friends. Wishing everyone a lovely end to the weekend.
Do you believe that our loved ones/ancestors come back? Have you ever had an odd experience with an animal that made you feel that spirit was trying to communicate with you? Feel free to leave a comment below.
