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When a Familiar enters your life . . .
I want to tell you about the cat that came into my life and became my familiar long before I even knew where my path would lead me.
Many years ago, I have just moved into my own little place, and was very proud of myself.
Being a little bit of a perfectionist, my home was just perfect (in my eyes at least). But it was very quiet, and I wanted to come home to someone in the evenings.
So when I heard of kittens that needed a good home, I could not believe my good fortune. When I arrived to see these kittens, there was a tiny-tiny, pitch-black female kitten, with the softest fur and most pleasant soft voice. Her huge green eyes seemed to look straight into my heart. We were attracted to each other immediately. That very same day she went home with me.
Coming from a sick mother that could not care for her litter, this little kitten adopted me as her mother, and followed me wherever I went. She became dependent upon me for just about everything. So I took her with me whenever I could.
But as time went by, she flourished. She became the beauty that her name represented. Yes, you guessed it, I named her Venus, after the goddess, but also after the planet, the morning star, that brightens our sky every day.
Today, she is a big, happy lady, living in the lap of luxury. She is spoilt, and she knows it. She has the air of a goddess about her, just like her name suggests.
Years ago, I started on the Wicca path. I started to read and learn, and could not get enough. Some nights I would read until the early hours of the morning, and she would be the one keeping me company.
Now that I know more, I know that she is my familiar. I just have to look into her bright green eyes, and the answers will come to me. She will “speak” to me, softly meowing when I talk to her. She has amazing instincts, and I have learned to rely on her instincts when I need help. When I am happy or sad, she feels it, and responds accordingly. When I am happy, she will be playful, demanding time for fun. When I am sad or tired, she will cuddle up and just be quietly there with me. She loves the herb “catnip”, and thoroughly enjoys the times when she gets spoilt with some catnip on her pillow.
She has a huge respect for anything Wicca, and will never jump onto any surface where I might be working. When I prepare to work in a circle, she is always there to make herself comfortable where she can be part of the circle, never leaving until the circle is closed again.
I trust her to bring me messages from the Gods/Goddesses, Father Sky and Mother Earth. Over time I have learned to be receptive to these messages and read them in my daily life. To me, it is wonderful to think that she became part of my future path, long before I even knew the path I would be following, myself.
The Universe works in very strange ways, look around yourself every day, trust, observe, and follow that which is given to you every day.
Written By: Joey Botes
Date Posted: 7/14/2006
Number of Views: 635
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