In time series, there are mainly four different patterns or components:
Trend: A slow but significant change of the values over time
Season: A change that is cyclical and has a period of less than one year
Cycle: A change that is cyclical and has a period of longer than one year
Random: A component that is random; the best model for purely random data is the mean, given that it has a distribution corresponding to the normal distribution
Thus, before we can analyze our data, it needs to be stationary, and for it to be stationary, we need to take care of the patterns: trend, season, and cycle. The analysis that you will perform will be on part of the time series that does not fit into any of these patterns, with the random component being part of the uncertainty of the model.