Knight of Swords Tarot Card: In the negative sense, kind of an asshole.
A person possessing the Knight of Swords personality type, while having many fine qualities, can also be a real asshole sometimes; pardon my language. This is the Knight of Swords in his/her negative aspect. This is somebody who doesn’t think before they speak. They blurt out what is on their mind without consideration of how people will feel when they hear it. They don’t employ compassion or empathy in their dealings with others, and certainly not in their communications with them. Their reactions are knee-jerk, and they don’t examine the big picture. They assume a situation is such and such a way without taking into consideration any other possibilities.
Encounters with a Knight of Swords in their negative aspect can leave you feeling drained. You may feel as though you have just absorbed a blob of lightless darkness. It may seem as though you were stabbed in your solar-plexus and injected with karmic poison. In their negative aspect, this is how the Knight of Swords operates. They need everything to be their way, and will go out of their way to avoid deviations from their own way. If they have to step on you to avoid a deviation from what they want and expect, then expect to get stepped on.
There are of course, many good qualities to a person with the Knight of Swords personality type. They will stand up for you and go to bat for you when they believe in you, but they will also appear to not care about you at all if they want something and the easiest way to get it is to disrespect you. When dealing with the disrespect of a negative Knight of Swords, maintain your own dignity. Ponder how unfortunate it is for them to have to have to treat other people in such a way just to feel anything at all about their self.
–Jim Larsen