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

If that works for you, Scoobs, that OK, but I think the elements and directions are supposed to be thought of as compliments, not opposites. In fact, water and fire do "mix", becoming vapor/moisture (air/water), fire and earth become smoke (fire/air). Look up the Greek philosopher Empedocles to read about the origins of the philosophical idea of the elements. He wrote an document called the Tetrasomia "The Four Elements" back in 450 BC. Also look into the alchemical idea about the "humors."

Air and Fire are considered masculine outgoing or upward moving elements; Water and Earth are considered feminine, inward, downward moving elements. Air and Water are considered opposites or complements and Earth and Fire are considered opposites/complements. Air is related to thought and Water to feeling. Fire is related to action and Earth to will to action.

Also, as Vagrant Dreamer noted, the elements are thought of as a hierarchy or evolutionary process in the emanation of the Cosmos. We find the doctrine of emanation with the inclusion of the elements in Hermeticism, Kabala and Eastern Tantric traditions. In Hermeticism and Eastern Tantra, space or quintessence is the first of the 5 elements. Air (thought) evolves from space, Fire (action) evolves from air, water(feeling) evolves from fire, and earth (form and intention) evolves from fire. One element builds on the preceding until the world of name and form comes into full manifestation.