

When When Aang, Katara and Sokka in _The Last Airbender_ visit the Southern
Air Temple and enter's the sanctuary they find statues of the previous Avatars
going in a pattern. Fire, Wind, Water and Earth.

it was this pattern which Fire Lord Sozin used to predict where the next
Avatar after Roku would be born and try and stop the Avatar's Rebirth by
wiping out the Air Nomads.

But why is it this pattern?


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Why does the Avatar Cycle go Fire, Wind, Water and Earth?


in _Avatar: The Legend of Korra - Book 2: Spirits_ Episodes 7 and 8
(Beginnings Part 1 and 2) detail the story of the first Avatar Wan. in his
time humans lived cities which were on the Lion Turtles who would gift people
the power of the elements (what is currently known as Bending) when they
venture into the Spirit Wilds.

the Lion Turtle that Wan's home was on gifted people the power of Fire and
after Wan was banished for stealing the power of fire Wan was allowed to keep
it, becoming the first Fire Bender to keep his power (as people would return
the power of the elements when they returned).

after allowing the Spirit of Darkness, Vaatu, to separate from the Spirit of
Light, Raava and learning of the danger to the world Wan then got the power of
Wind but the power had to be held by Raava who would them swap the elements
when Wan needed it. during training Wan realized he needed the other elements
so he then sought out the Lion Turles who bestowed Water and Earth, how in the
episode in that order.

So the Avatar Reincarnation Cycle of Fire, Wind, Water and Earth is the same
order in which the Wan and Raava got the elements.


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Kym NT's answer is that the cycle follows the actual seasons:

> fire related to summer, air to autumn, water to winter, and earth to spring.

And then seasons (summer, autumn, winter, spring) indeed go in the cycle
(fire, air, water, earth).


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