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 finding something that you need to embrace to improve your communication with others.
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 (Modus Operandi = way of working) is possibly to wait and see. It’s likely that currently, yours is similar.
So, in order to better communicate with others, you need to go quietly. Slowly. Peacefully. But into joy and happiness. Dancing, music, meditation, relaxation. Stop worrying about the future. Be generous and graceful. Use it all to find your way to happiness.