The Four Elements And Four Directions, seems a little off to me Options

I am hoping someone can shed some light on this for me.

In Wicca, they have the four elements combined with the four directions. You have North and Earth, West and Water, South and Fire, and East and Air. The four directions makes perfect sense, but the four elements doesn't.
The way it would make more sense to me is if Fire was opposite Air, and Water opposite Earth.

In our world, the fire is at the bottom and the air is on top, the water and earth are both in the middle and are opposite to each other.

Does anybody know a Wiccan tradition that had it this way?

Thanks

Some of the older Wiccan groups in the UK (and thereabouts) have Air-North and Earth-East.. There is still alot of hho-haw over it...It makes sense for it to be this way (referencing the cold NORTH WIND, etc.)
I'm inclined to have them switch around according to your workings! How 'bout the Southern Hemisphere people? Fire would be North and Air, South... The important thing is to adapt...something that Ritual Magicians tend NOT to do! In Goetics, the quarter where a demon should manifest DOES change depending on a variety of factors. Traditionalists will all come and dump on that last remark...but, who cares? I've used an adaptive stance for DECADES and had a very good track record! Go with your gut instincts, you had better learn to trust them anyhow! LOL! Good luck!