Bast represents intuition, caution, protection, devotion, mental healing, generosity, gracefulness, joy and happiness. Her energy is the concept of pride and joy and happiness in general. She is associated with healing mental or psychological illnesses, thus having her in a reading can often mean that there is some kind of anxiety around the subject.
Her appearance here would indicate that you are stressed, anxious or at least worried about something.
You are picking your way carefully through things at the moment, like a cat. You’re looking where you’re about to step, going delicately and quietly through the situation and acting with care and caution. Bast’s MO is usually to wait and see. It’s likely that currently, yours is similar.
Bast is inextricably linked with the mental healing process. So if this card appears for you here, it would indicate that singing, dancing and movement in general will help you connect better with your emotions.