The Thoth Tarot maps each suit onto one of the four classical elements. Each element carries a zodiac triad, a Qabalistic world, and a soul aspect.
The Fire element represents all that is active, forward-moving, willful and expansive. It's the source of all light and, by extension, heat. It's Yang energy. It's the day.
In its positive aspect it is strength, boldness and inspiration.
In its negative aspect, it's destructive and uncontrollable.
Fire is the element represented by the tarot suit of Wands and the Qabalistic world of Atziluth.
It is the Vedic tattva of Tejas.
Salamanders are the elemental spirits of Fire.
Standing opposite to Fire, Water represents all that is passive, regressive, introspective and contracting. It's the darkness and the night. It's the cold. It's emotion. It's Yin.
In its positive aspect it's nurturing, life-giving and replenishing.
In its negative aspect, it's decaying, scornful and dissolving.
Water is the element represented by the tarot suit of Cups and the Qabalistic world of Briah.
It is the Vedic tattva of Apas.
The Elemental spirts of water are called undines.
Air is the mediator between Fire and Water. As such, it shares attributes from both. From Fire it has warmth, and from Water it has moisture. Air is intuition, wit, knowledge and intellect.
In its positive aspect, Air is life-giving, swift and attentive.
In its negative aspect, it is destructive, capricious and aloof.
Air is the element represented by the tarot suit of Swords and the Qabalistic world of Yetzirah.
It is the Vedic tattva of Vayu.
Sylphs are the elemental spirts of Air.
The positive and negative poles of Fire and Water stand opposite one another. Between them, all of life and existence are born. From their union arises Air. Earth is the body that holds them all together. It is the Earth. It's our flesh. It's the foundation and the bulwark of this material plane.
In its positive aspect, Earth is steadfast, firm, grounded and unyielding.
In its negative aspect, Earth is stubborn, rigid, brittle and obtuse.
Earth is the element of the tarot suit of Disks and and the Qabalistic world of Assiah.
It is the Vedic tattva of Prithivi.
The elemental spirts of earth are gnomes.