Book of Clouds



The book of clouds is a book used by fortunetellers as a way of looking into the future. Aunt Wu used the book to make predictions by looking at the sky, and comparing the shapes that she saw to the ones recorded in the book.

History
When Aang, Katara and Sokka traveled to Makapu Village, they attended a cloud reading session of Aunt Wu. In the middle of the town square, the fortuneteller predicted that the crops and harvests would be good that year, that is would be a good year for twins, and that the volcano, Mt. Makapu, wouldn't destroy the village.

After Aang and Sokka climbed the volcano in order for Aang to retrieve a panda lily, he discovered that the volcano was about to erupt and subsequently destroy the village. When the village wouldn't listen to the team's warning, Aang broke into Aunt Wu's fortunetelling chamber in order to borrow her book of clouds. While snooping through her stuff, the young monk was caught by Meng. The girl turned out to be very helpful as she gave Aang the book of clouds he was looking for.

With the book, Aang and Katara used their Airbending and Waterbending respectively to bend the clouds into the form of a skull, the warning for volcanic doom. After preventing the volcanic disaster, Aang returned the book to Aunt Wu, admitting that they tampered with the cloud's shape. Aunt Wu took no offense that Aang had borrowed her book.

Cloud depictions
The book contains cloud shapes and what they represent for the year. The following signs are the ones mentioned by Aunt Wu, as well as what they predict:
 * A fluffy bunny forecasts doom and destruction.
 * A bending arrow predicts good crops and a plentiful harvest.
 * A wavy moon-shape heralds a great year for twins.
 * A cumulus cloud with a twisted nob signifies Makapu Village being safe from the volcano.
 * A human skull foreshadows volcanic doom.