Quick Specs
- Type: Protection spell kit
- Candles: 1 black candle and 1 white candle
- Oil: 1/2 fl oz bottle of Black Cat (Gato Negro) oil
- Rice: Black rice in a resealable bag
- Pendant: Black cat pendant on a black cord
- Instructions: Printed sheet headed Black Cat Protection Spell Kit
Six Pieces in Black and White
The kit keeps to a black and white palette. The two candles are slim and straight, one black and one white, with a cotton wick showing at the tip of the white one. The oil comes in a small bottle with a black cap, and its label shows a black cat sitting on a round maroon cushion above the words Black Cat, Gato Negro and Aceite, with 1/2 fl. oz. in the corner. The rice is black, in long slender grains, sealed in a clear resealable bag. The pendant is a glossy black cat seated with its tail curled up behind it, pointed ears and a round head, hanging from a black cord and mounted on a printed card that carries a black cat silhouette. A printed sheet headed Black Cat Protection Spell Kit completes the set, and it appears to open with a setup that places a small bowl of rice on a flat, safe surface and pushes the base of the white candle into the center so it stands securely. Everything is small enough to fit on a single tray.
The oil goes by Black Cat in English and Gato Negro in Spanish, with Aceite as the Spanish word for oil. The same seated black cat shows up on the bottle, on the pendant and on the card behind it, and the sheet repeats the name in its title, which gives the set one character to follow from piece to piece. Protection is the kit’s theme, and the pieces are gathered around it: a pair of candles in opposite colors, an oil, a base of rice and a charm you can wear or hang. Black and white are the only colors in the set apart from the maroon cushion, so the pieces look matched when they sit together on a tray. It is an assembled kit, so you can use it as a set or in parts: the pendant on its own, the candles on a separate evening, the rice kept in its bag until you want it. The black cat has an old and varied reputation, and a kit that puts one at the center is a modern way to gather a familiar motif into a single working.
Practical Ritual Applications
Lay the pieces out on a tray or an altar cloth and work through them in the order you prefer. A small heat-resistant bowl of your own holds the rice and steadies the white candle, and the black candle stands in a holder of its own. The oil is for external use. Keep the pendant on its cord, wear it, hang it near a door, or loop it over a bag strap where the cat stays in sight. A black cat kit also suits a cat lover as a gift, a Halloween table, or a shelf display that sits beside a Tarot deck. For more sets built around other themes, see my ritual spell kits collection, where each kit is gathered around its own subject.
How to Set Up and Close Out the Black Cat Kit
Three steps cover a safe surface, a watched flame and putting everything away.
- Set up a safe surface
Choose a flat, heat-resistant surface such as a ceramic tray or a stone slab, and clear paper, cloth, curtains and decorations away from it. Fill a small heat-resistant bowl with some of the rice and push the base of the white candle into the center until it stands firm, then nudge the bowl gently to confirm that the candle holds. Bring a holder for the black candle, since none is included, and keep the setup away from children and pets.
- Stay with the flame
Light a candle only when you can stay in the room, and keep it within sight for as long as it burns. Decide what you want from the working before you strike a match, keep the pieces within easy reach so you stay clear of the flame, and put the flame out before you leave the room or go to sleep. Burn one candle at a time and keep the other candle and the oil well back from the flame.
- Snuff, cap and store
Snuff each flame when you finish and let the wax cool before you handle it. Cap the oil tightly, stand the bottle upright, and keep it away from flame. The oil is for external use only, and fragrance ingredients can cause allergic reactions in some people. Press the air out of the rice bag and seal it. Keep the pendant and the rice away from young children, because small parts can be a choking hazard.
The Tarot Fellow Standard
I stock this kit because it puts a black cat theme into one set: a black candle, a white candle, a Black Cat oil, black rice and a cat pendant, ready to arrange on a tray. It is a modern assembled kit built around a familiar motif, and it gives you a short, clear list of pieces to set up in one evening. The pieces are few and small, which keeps the arrangement simple on a tray or a small altar. If you like protective imagery around the house, browse my protection and cleansing collection.
Frequently Asked Questions
It depends on where you ask. In Britain, meeting a black cat is traditionally good luck, especially if it crosses your path, and in Scotland and Japan black cats are linked with prosperity. The United States, Belgium and Spain take the opposite view, and the bad-luck belief is traced to medieval Europe. In ancient Egypt, black cats were honored because they resembled the cat goddess Bastet.
By the 17th century cats, black ones included, had become tied to witchcraft in Europe, and owning a cat could be used as evidence in a witch trial. Histories of the superstition trace the pairing to medieval beliefs about the Devil and witches. In the United States a black cat is still a common symbol of Halloween and witchcraft.
Fire-safety guidance says never to leave a burning candle unattended and to put it out when you leave the room or go to sleep. Keep candles and incense away from furniture, curtains, bedding, rugs, books and paper, and use a sturdy, heat-resistant holder that is large enough to catch melted wax. If a working asks for a candle to burn out, stay in the room until it does.
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