Tarot Fellow
Cat Spirit Board Tote Bag 17x17 — Occult Jute Bag with Rope Handle
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Cat Spirit Board Tote Bag 17×17 — Occult Jute — a 17×17-inch natural jute tote bag printed with an occult spirit board and cat illustration, complete with rope handles for casual everyday carry. The planchette-and-cat design is a nod to divination culture and appeals to tarot readers, ouija enthusiasts, and anyone who wears their witchy interests openly. Practical, roomy, and full of personality.
Description:Quick Specs
- Type: Jute tote bag with cat and spirit board design
- Size: 17 inches x 17 inches
- Handle: Rope handle
- Print: Black cat with spirit board motif, printed on both sides
- Best for: Divination practice, occult aesthetic, witchy gift giving, everyday carry
The Cat Familiar and the Spirit Board Tradition
Black cats have occupied a charged position in Western occult tradition for centuries: maligned by witch trial prosecutors and beloved by practitioners in equal measure. In folk magic across Europe and the Americas, the cat familiar was understood as a companion spirit that assisted with magical work, sharpened intuitive perception, and served as a guardian of the home and practitioner. Cats were associated with liminal spaces, with their nocturnal habits and seeming indifference to the veil between worlds, and that symbolism remains embedded in contemporary Wiccan, hedge witch, and ceremonial magic practice.
Spirit boards, sometimes marketed as Ouija boards after the Hasbro trademark, have roots in the 1800s spiritualist movement, when communicating with the deceased was treated as a legitimate parlor science. The planchette and lettered board appeared commercially around 1890, though forms of alphabetic spirit communication existed earlier. For contemporary practitioners, the spirit board is a divination tool associated with automatic writing and liminal communication, occupying the same conceptual territory as scrying and pendulum work. Explore related divination tools in my tarot and divination collection.
Occult Aesthetic and Practical Carry
This tote brings together two of the most recognizable symbols in witchcraft visual culture: the black cat and the spirit board. Unlike purely decorative occult accessories, this is a working bag, sized at 17 inches square and made from jute with rope handles for daily carry. The design reads clearly to people who know the symbols and functions as everyday streetwear for those who don't want to narrate their practice to strangers. It holds a tarot deck, crystal set, and journal comfortably in the same load.
How to Use a Cat Spirit Board Tote Bag
How to use your 17x17 cat spirit board jute tote for divination and daily carry.
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Carry Your Divination Kit
This 17-by-17-inch tote fits a tarot deck, pendulum, crystal set, and reading journal in a single load without crowding. The stiff jute structure keeps items from shifting, so your deck does not end up jumbled at the bottom under heavier supplies.
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Use as a Coven or Circle Bag
The spirit board imagery makes this ideal for group practice: carrying shared supplies to a circle, transporting your kit to a coven gathering, or bringing tools to a divination event or metaphysical fair. The design signals your practice clearly.
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Store and Care for the Bag
Jute holds its structure well but does not tolerate soaking. Spot clean with a damp cloth and mild soap and air dry fully before reusing. Between uses, hang or lay flat to keep the jute from creasing at the base or distorting the rope handles.
The Tarot Fellow Standard
I carry this tote because the cat-and-spirit-board combination is one of the most legible occult visual statements you can make on a bag, and a 17-inch jute construction actually holds your kit. Most novelty occult bags are too small or too decorative to do real work. This one does both. For ritual supplies to carry in it, browse my ritual supplies collection.
Frequently Asked Questions
The spirit board is a divination tool from the 1800s spiritualist movement used for communication in liminal practices. Combined with the black cat familiar, the design references core visual language of Western occult and Wiccan tradition.
The mushroom tote carries cottagecore and folk naturalist imagery, oriented toward foraging and green witchcraft. This cat spirit board tote is explicitly occult, drawing on divination and familiar symbolism for practitioners of that tradition.
Ouija is a trademark owned by Hasbro, not a category of board. Spirit boards, also called talking boards, refer to the broader category of lettered divination boards. The commercial Ouija board dates to 1890 but spirit communication is older.
A 17-by-17-inch tote holds a tarot deck, crystal set, reading journal, and herb packets in one load. It is also large enough for a laptop or a farmers market shop. Jute's natural stiffness keeps the bag upright, unlike soft canvas that collapses.
