Since I did dogs a few days ago, I guess it's only fair that I do cats next.
While it may have come as a surprise to many that dogs have often been a spiritual symbol, I thin everyone is aware that cats have been.  A cat is often a symbol of the sun or the waxing and waning of the moon because of the cat's variable eyes.   Cats also symbolize stealth and liberty.  They may also symbolize desires.  To the Chinese and Japanese, a cat can symbolize the power of transformation.  In Christianity, it is often a symbol of Satan, witchcraft or other dark and evil things (yet many Christians own cats).  To the ancient Egyptians, a cat was a symbol of Isis.  To the Greeks and Romans, it also represented Diana, the Greek and Roman version of Isis.  The Egyptian King Osorkon, put a white cat at the center of a temple thereby acknowledging it as a deity.  Some Egyptians believed that their soul went into a cat when they died.  Hindus believe cats symbolize childbirth.

In Dreams,   cats are often associated with women and sexuality.  Also mystery and cunning.


Some Myths and Legends about Cats

T. Lobsang Rampa, a Tibetan monk who has written several books about Tibetan spirituality, claims cats are advanced beings, aliens from another planet sent here to help us develop.

Some believed cats could predict the weather.  When a cat claws at carpets or curtains, it will get windy.  When it washes it's ears, it will rain.

Some sailors believed a cat could predict by it's behavior if the trip would be a pleasant one or a difficult one.

Black cats are usually a bad omen, but French peasants used to believe that a black cat could locate buried treasure.

The Pennsylvania Dutch place a cat in a cradle in the house of newlyweds to grant their wish for children.