Kitty just fell asleep ON me for what may be the first time. Just how "intuitive" are cats?

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I don't know if it's relevant that I was reading part of a book by the late Child Psychologist Judith Mishne and listening to classical music. Dr. Mishne, or Judy, as she was known to me, was the mother of one of my Chicago childhood best friends, Jon, and she also became a friend of mine later on her life. We would talk on the phone at least once a month, sometimes about psychology, and sometimes about other things. She actually assigned one of my published papers to her students in one of her counseling classes at New York University--a real honor for me. I was definitely in my "comfort zone" with classical music playing and Judy's book in my hands. Kitty, who had not slept in my bed with me for months, suddenly jumped up on my bed, came up to my pillow, and demanded a neck scratch. As I was returning to Judy's book, Kitty strolled down to just below my left hip, and put her head on my leg. She then put a paw on my leg and seemed to be asking if she could climb further onto my legs. I pushed her further up, and she inched still further forward, finally falling asleep with the front half of her body on my leg and her bottom still on the bed. I have always had a sense that Kitty wanted to sleep ON me, as cats sometimes do with their slaves, but this was the first time I can remember that she actually did so. How "intuitive" are cats? Could she tell that I was totally in my comfort zone, and therefore a Very Safe Place to be? I was reading a section about earlier theories of Autism, trying to gain insights that might help me with Keke, my Autistic buddy at the preschool, as well as my two Autistic piano students at Guitar Center. As some of you know, I am currently entertaining the hypothesis that music may be a way to break through the barrier that Autistic children put around themselves. What do you think? Cat Intuition? Or Mere Coincidence?