King of Pentacles Journal Prompts: 15 Questions for Self-Discovery

BY NICOLE LAU

King of Pentacles Journal Prompts: Embracing Mastery

The King of Pentacles invites us into deep reflection about our relationship with wealth, power, mastery, and material success. Journaling with this card helps you assess your financial wisdom, identify how you use authority, and reconnect with the empire builder within you.

These 15 prompts are designed to help you explore your mastery energy and make intentional choices about how you create wealth, wield power, and build lasting legacy.

How to Use These Prompts

Setup

• Create a powerful, executive space—perhaps at your desk or office
• Place the King of Pentacles card where you can see it
• Have your journal and favorite pen ready
• Set a timer for 20-30 minutes per prompt (or write until complete)

Approach

• Be honest: Write the truth about your relationship with wealth and power
• Be strategic: Think like empire builder, not just dreamer
• Be practical: Focus on actionable insights and real results
• Be bold: Own your mastery and authority

The 15 Journal Prompts

1. The Mastery Assessment

Prompt: What have I mastered in the material realm (business, finance, career, resources)? Where do I have true expertise? What can I teach others?

Reflection focus: Acknowledging your mastery. You know more than you think.

2. The Wealth Relationship

Prompt: What's my relationship with money and wealth? Do I see it as sacred responsibility or just personal gain? How do I create, manage, and use wealth?

Reflection focus: The King sees wealth as stewardship. How do you see it?

3. The Empire Vision

Prompt: What empire am I building (or want to build)? What does my ideal business/career/wealth look like in 10 years? Am I thinking big enough?

Reflection focus: The King thinks in empires, not just jobs. What's your vision?

4. The Authority Check

Prompt: How do I use my authority and power? Do I lead with wisdom and generosity, or do I control and dominate? Am I using power ethically?

Reflection focus: Power reveals character. How are you using yours?

5. The Financial Wisdom

Prompt: What financial wisdom have I gained? What do I know about money that I didn't know 5 years ago? What financial mistakes have taught me?

Reflection focus: The King has financial mastery. What's your wisdom?

6. The Stewardship Question

Prompt: Am I stewarding my resources wisely? Am I using my wealth to create more good? What legacy am I building with my resources?

Reflection focus: Wealth is responsibility. Are you stewarding it well?

7. The Greed Check

Prompt: Where does ambition become greed in my life? Am I ever obsessed with money at expense of relationships or values? What's enough for me?

Reflection focus: The King's shadow is greed. Are you falling into it?

8. The Work-Life Balance

Prompt: Am I balancing wealth creation with life enjoyment? Am I a workaholic? Do I have time for relationships, health, joy? What needs to change?

Reflection focus: Success without life is empty. Do you have balance?

9. The Generosity Evaluation

Prompt: Am I generous with my wealth and resources? Do I share success with others? Do I give back? Or do I hoard?

Reflection focus: The King is generous. Are you?

10. The Strategic Thinking

Prompt: Am I thinking strategically about my wealth and business? Do I plan long-term? Do I make decisions based on data and wisdom? What's my strategy?

Reflection focus: The King is strategic. Are you thinking like empire builder?

11. The Ethical Business

Prompt: Am I creating wealth ethically? Do my business practices align with my values? Would I be proud if everyone knew how I make money?

Reflection focus: Integrity matters more than money. Are you operating ethically?

12. The Resource Mastery

Prompt: How well do I manage my resources (money, time, energy, people)? Where am I excellent? Where do I need improvement?

Reflection focus: The King is master manager. How are your skills?

13. The Legacy Question

Prompt: What legacy am I building with my wealth and success? What will I leave behind? How will I be remembered? What empire outlasts me?

Reflection focus: The King builds for generations. What's your legacy?

14. The Mentorship Role

Prompt: Am I mentoring others and sharing my expertise? Who am I developing? What wisdom am I passing on? Or am I hoarding knowledge?

Reflection focus: The King teaches. Are you sharing your mastery?

15. The Material vs. Spiritual

Prompt: How do I balance material success with spiritual growth? Does my wealth serve my soul, or does it distract from it? Can I have both?

Reflection focus: The King integrates material and spiritual. Can you?

Deepening Your Practice

Monthly Empire Review

On the first of each month, work through prompts 3, 10, and 13 to assess:

• What empire am I building?
• What's my strategy?
• What legacy am I creating?

This creates a monthly "state of the empire" check-in.

Quarterly Financial Assessment

Every 3 months, work through prompts 2, 5, and 12 to evaluate:

• How's my wealth relationship?
• What financial wisdom have I gained?
• How well am I managing resources?

Annual Deep Dive

Once a year, work through all 15 prompts in one sitting (allow 6-8 hours). This creates a comprehensive mastery review and helps you make strategic adjustments.

Shadow Work Integration

When Journaling Reveals Uncomfortable Truths

The King of Pentacles often surfaces greed, workaholism, control issues, and ethical concerns. If your journaling reveals:

• Greed: "I'm never satisfied, always want more" → Define enough. Greed destroys what it touches.
• Workaholism: "I work all the time, have no life" → Success without life is failure. Find balance.
• Control issues: "I use money/power to control others" → Let go. Empower, don't dominate.
• Ethical concerns: "I'm making money in ways I'm not proud of" → Integrity matters more than wealth. Course correct.
• Hoarding: "I have wealth but won't share it" → Generosity creates more abundance. Give.

These emotions are data, not failure. They're showing you where course correction is needed.

Turning Insights into Action

Journaling without action is just venting. After each prompt, ask:

1. What's one thing I learned?
2. What's one thing I'll change?
3. What's one action I'll take this month?

Strategic actions compound into empire.

Sample Action Steps

If You Discovered You're Greedy

• Define "enough" for yourself (specific number)
• Commit to giving away percentage of income
• Practice gratitude for what you have
• Address the void you're trying to fill with money

If You Realized You're a Workaholic

• Set hard boundaries (no work after 6pm, weekends off)
• Schedule non-work activities and honor them
• Delegate more, control less
• Reconnect with relationships and hobbies

If You Need Better Strategy

• Hire business coach or strategist
• Create 5-year strategic plan
• Study successful empire builders
• Make decisions based on data, not gut

If You Want to Build Legacy

• Define what you want to be remembered for
• Create succession plan for business
• Start mentoring next generation
• Build systems that outlast you

Final Thoughts

The King of Pentacles journal prompts are not about finding quick answers—they're about cultivating the mastery, wisdom, and strategic thinking that create lasting wealth and empire.

Some questions will affirm your success. Some will reveal shadow patterns. Some will challenge you to think bigger and lead better.

That's the work of the King: honest assessment, strategic thinking, ethical action, and commitment to building something that lasts.

Grab your journal. Place the King of Pentacles before you. Sit in your power. Begin the sacred work of mastering the material realm and building your empire.

You have the mastery. You have the resources. You have the authority.

That's the gift of the King of Pentacles: The power to build lasting wealth and empire.