Why are there 10 base pair steps, not 16?
Unlike RNA, where the sense of the molecule is unique, DNA is double stranded, with the two strands having the opposite sense. In the sense of chemical stability it odesn't matter, which sense is considered positive, and which is negative.
Thus, if we consider a base pair step WX|YZ, we have Y folowing W on the positive sense strand (W-&gt;Y), and X following Z in the negative sense (antisense) strand (Z -&gt; X). This means that, if we labeled the strands differently, we would have Z-&gt;X on the positive strand and W-&gt;Y on the negative one, i.e., we would have base pair step ZY|XW. I.e., the general symmetry rule is
$$
WX|YZ \rightarrow ZY|XW
$$
In particular, this means that CG|CG is identical with GC|GC, whereas TA|AT is identical with itself, rather than with AT|TA.
Visually, this symmetries are obtained by rotating the image of the base pair step by 180 degrees, as can be readily seen in the image provided in the question.