Air is one of the light elements. This means that it is not necessarily involved with anything physically present, and, as it happens, air prefers it that way. This element is distant, thoughtful, reflective.
This is the element of the mind, of rationality, of pure logic. It keeps its distance from things so as to consider them better; this gives it a unique sense of perspective. On the other hand, air is often an outsider. It is generally not involved in what happens, it is merely an observer. Occasionally, it will get engaged in a purely intellectual sense, without the deep emotional or physical commitment that personalities of other types look for. After a time, air will sort of drift off, having completed its prime Ñ mental Ñ responsibilities.
Additionally, air cannot be confronted directly. This is like trying to attack the wind Ñ it does not work. Air will either have a range of perfectly logical defenses against a direct confrontation, or it will simply back off, using its perspective as a guide, and come in from a different, and often unexpected angle.
This is probably the most versatile of elements, because it sees the full expanse of options. Its limits, though, mean that most of what it sees it will set aside, because there are other, more reasonable, and more efficient ways for things to be done. An added difficulty comes when air must make decisions, for it will often choose the most logical or efficent answer, often without regard to the other consequences. It is frequently seen as cold and calculating, because often it will cut its losses and go for the easiest and most obviously effective solution.
The anger of an air is something that is very subtly dangerous. As opposed to other sorts of anger, air remains completely and utterly calm. That same dispassion and perspective serves an air well as a perfect general in whatever battle the person chooses to pursue; lines of attack and defense are something beyond obvious, they are instinctual.
Air is also patient, in a strange way. It will not wait out a project that needs time to finish. Instead, it will go on to any of another of other things that need to be done, returning to the original activity to check on it until it is finished. Rather than enduring dedication to a particular goal, air has any of a number of things that it could be doing at any moment.
The detachment that is the greatest strength of the air is, however, its greatest weakness. Without a certain amount of balance, people who have air as a major portion of their personalities can become completely detached and dispassionate, and alienate themselves from their friends. A solitary outlook can become reclusive, and a healthy sense of distance can become an uncrossable chasm, without mediation.
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