Importance of Cycles Apart from the lunar/solar cycle of the calendar is another cycle of 60 terms used by the Chinese to describe the year, the month, the day. The 60 cycle consists of 10 Heavenly Stems and 12 Earthly Branches combined in a specific way to for 60 elements to the cycle.

Chinese 60 Year Cycle The 10 Heavenly Stems and 12 Earthly Branches are combined in the following way to form 60 unique elements in the following format: