Six of Wands Journal Prompts: 15 Questions for Owning Your Success

BY NICOLE LAU

Journaling with the Six of Wands

The Six of Wands is the victory and recognition card—it asks you to examine your relationship with success, acknowledgment, and leadership. These journal prompts help you own your achievements without arrogance, accept recognition graciously, and use your success to inspire and serve others. This is not passive reflection—this is active integration of your victories and conscious leadership development.

How to Use These Prompts

Victory Journaling Practice

1. Create Your Victory Space: Find a beautiful place. Light six candles (representing success and harmony). Have your journal ready.
2. Ground in Gratitude: Take three deep breaths, place hand on heart, feel appreciation for your achievements
3. Pull the Card: Hold the Six of Wands or visualize it clearly—see the victory, feel the recognition
4. Choose Your Prompt: Read through and select the one that makes you feel both proud and humble (that's the sweet spot)
5. Write with Honesty: Set a timer for 20-30 minutes. Write truthfully about your successes and challenges with them
6. Extract Wisdom: After journaling, identify 3 insights about how you can use your success to serve
7. Take Action: Choose one way you'll share your victory or wisdom with others

Timing Your Practice

For maximum integration of success, journal with these prompts during:

• After Achievements: Don't rush past victories—integrate them
• When Receiving Recognition: Process what it means and how to use it
• Full Moon: Peak visibility and celebration energy
• Leo Season (July-August): Natural time for confidence and recognition
• When you pull Six of Wands in a reading: The universe is asking you to own your success
• Before Major Presentations: Prepare to step into the spotlight

The 15 Prompts

1. What victory am I not fully owning or celebrating?

Purpose: Identify achievements you're minimizing or dismissing

Dig Deeper:

• What have I accomplished that I'm downplaying?
• What success am I afraid to claim fully?
• Why do I minimize my achievements?
• What would it feel like to fully own this victory?
• Who taught me that celebrating success is arrogant?

Integration: Choose one achievement and practice saying "I'm proud of this" without qualifying or minimizing it.

2. How do I typically respond to recognition or praise?

Purpose: Understand your patterns with acknowledgment

Dig Deeper:

• Do I deflect, minimize, or accept praise graciously?
• Am I comfortable being in the spotlight?
• Do I share credit appropriately or give it all away?
• What childhood experiences shaped how I receive recognition?
• What would gracious acceptance look like?

Integration: Next time you receive praise, practice saying "Thank you" without deflecting or minimizing.

3. What success have I achieved that I can use to inspire or help others?

Purpose: Transform personal victory into service

Dig Deeper:

• What have I learned through my success that could help others?
• Who is struggling with what I've overcome?
• How can I share my journey without being preachy?
• What wisdom did my victory teach me?
• Am I willing to be vulnerable about my path to success?

Integration: Share your success story with one person who could benefit from it this week.

4. Where is my ego involved in my success?

Purpose: Examine the role of ego in achievement

Dig Deeper:

• Am I succeeding to prove something or because I love the work?
• Do I need recognition to feel worthy?
• Am I using success to feel superior to others?
• What happens to my self-worth when I'm not winning?
• Can I be successful without needing everyone to know?

Integration: Do one thing excellently this week without telling anyone. Notice how it feels.

5. Who helped me achieve this success and have I thanked them?

Purpose: Practice gratitude and acknowledge support

Dig Deeper:

• Who supported, taught, or encouraged me along the way?
• What opportunities did others create for me?
• Have I expressed genuine gratitude to my supporters?
• Am I taking sole credit for collaborative success?
• How can I honor those who helped me?

Integration: Write thank-you notes to three people who contributed to your success.

6. What responsibility comes with my success or recognition?

Purpose: Understand that success brings duty

Dig Deeper:

• What am I now responsible for because of my success?
• Who is looking to me for leadership or guidance?
• How can I use my platform to serve?
• What example am I setting?
• Am I ready for the responsibility that comes with recognition?

Integration: Identify one way you'll use your success to serve others and commit to it.

7. What would I do if I knew I couldn't fail?

Purpose: Remove fear to access authentic ambition

Dig Deeper:

• If failure wasn't possible, what would I pursue?
• What success am I afraid to attempt?
• What's the next level of victory I'm avoiding?
• How is fear of failure keeping me small?
• What's one step toward that fearless goal?

Integration: Take one action toward what you'd do if you couldn't fail. Build confidence through action.

8. How has success changed me, for better or worse?

Purpose: Assess the impact of achievement on your character

Dig Deeper:

• Am I more confident or more arrogant?
• Has success made me more generous or more entitled?
• Do I still relate to people who aren't successful?
• Have I lost humility or gained healthy self-esteem?
• What do I need to course-correct?

Integration: If success has inflated your ego, practice one act of humble service this week.

9. What does being "successful" mean to me, really?

Purpose: Define success on your own terms

Dig Deeper:

• Am I chasing my definition of success or someone else's?
• What does victory look like for me specifically?
• Am I measuring success by external validation or internal fulfillment?
• What would success feel like if no one else knew about it?
• Is my current success aligned with my values?

Integration: Write your personal definition of success. Assess if your current path aligns with it.

10. Where am I performing success rather than living it?

Purpose: Distinguish between authentic and performative achievement

Dig Deeper:

• Am I succeeding for the Instagram post or for genuine fulfillment?
• What success am I faking or exaggerating?
• Do I need others to witness my success for it to feel real?
• Where am I more focused on appearing successful than being successful?
• What would change if I stopped performing?

Integration: Identify one area where you're performing success. Choose authenticity over performance.

11. What's my next level of growth beyond this success?

Purpose: Use victory as a platform, not a destination

Dig Deeper:

• What's the next mountain to climb?
• How can I use this success as a foundation for more growth?
• Am I resting on my laurels or continuing to evolve?
• What new skills or knowledge do I need for the next level?
• What would make me proud a year from now?

Integration: Set one new goal that builds on your current success. Take the first step this week.

12. How can I celebrate my success without arrogance?

Purpose: Find the balance between confidence and humility

Dig Deeper:

• What's the difference between healthy pride and arrogance?
• Can I own my achievements while staying humble?
• How do I celebrate without making others feel less than?
• What does gracious victory look like?
• Who models this balance well?

Integration: Celebrate one achievement this week in a way that's both proud and humble.

13. What failure or struggle preceded this success?

Purpose: Remember the journey, not just the destination

Dig Deeper:

• What did I overcome to achieve this success?
• What failures taught me what I needed to know?
• How did struggle make me stronger or wiser?
• What would I tell someone facing similar challenges?
• Am I grateful for the hard parts of the journey?

Integration: Share your struggle-to-success story with someone who needs to hear it.

14. Who am I becoming as a leader?

Purpose: Examine your leadership identity and impact

Dig Deeper:

• What kind of leader am I becoming?
• Do I lead by dominating or by inspiring?
• How do people feel after interacting with me?
• Am I using my success to lift others or just myself?
• What legacy am I creating?

Integration: Identify one leadership quality you want to develop. Practice it this week.

15. If I could only be remembered for one thing, what would I want it to be?

Purpose: Clarify what truly matters beyond accolades

Dig Deeper:

• What impact do I want to have beyond my achievements?
• What do I want people to say about me?
• Am I building a legacy or just collecting wins?
• What matters more than success?
• Is my current path aligned with my desired legacy?

Integration: Write your desired legacy statement. Take one action this week that aligns with it.

Advanced Journaling Techniques

The Success Inventory

List all your achievements (big and small):

1. Personal victories
2. Professional successes
3. Relationship wins
4. Spiritual growth
5. For each, note: What did I learn? Who helped? How can I use this to serve?

The Gratitude Cascade

For one major success, trace the gratitude chain:

1. I'm grateful for this success because...
2. This was possible because of [person/opportunity]...
3. Which happened because...
4. Continue until you see the full web of support
5. Express gratitude to everyone in the chain

The Leadership Reflection

Assess your leadership impact:

1. Who looks to me for guidance?
2. What example am I setting?
3. How do people feel after interacting with me?
4. Am I inspiring or intimidating?
5. What kind of leader do I want to be?
6. What needs to change?

The Humility Check

Balance confidence with humility:

1. List your achievements (own them fully)
2. List everyone who helped (share credit generously)
3. List what you still need to learn (stay humble)
4. List how you'll use success to serve (lead with purpose)

Integration Ritual: From Victory to Service

1. Review Your Journaling: Read through your responses
2. Extract Key Insights: Highlight the 3 most important realizations
3. Identify Service Actions: For each insight, write one way to serve others
4. Create Gratitude List: Everyone who contributed to your success
5. Schedule: Put service actions and gratitude expressions in your calendar
6. Ritual Commitment: Light six candles, speak your commitment to lead with humility
7. Daily Practice: Each evening, write: "Today I used my success to..."

When to Return to These Prompts

Revisit these questions:

• After Major Achievements: Integrate victories consciously
• When Receiving Recognition: Process what it means
• Quarterly: Assess your relationship with success
• When Feeling Arrogant: Return to humility
• When you pull Six of Wands in a reading: The universe is asking you to examine success
• Before Leadership Opportunities: Prepare to lead well

Final Wisdom

Journaling with the Six of Wands is not about false modesty or downplaying your achievements—it's about owning your success with grace and using it to serve. You're not just celebrating victories; you're integrating them, learning from them, and transforming them into platforms for helping others.

The Six of Wands asks you to be honest about your relationship with success. These prompts help you do that with both confidence and humility.

You're not just winning. You're becoming a leader worth following.

Affirmation

"I write to integrate my victories. I integrate to lead with wisdom. I lead to serve and inspire others. I am successful, grateful, and committed to using my achievements for good."