Sator Rotas Magic Templar Square

5" x 5" 

The Rotas square or the Sator square or the Magic Templar Square. The square has long associations with magical powers throughout its history (and even up to the 19th century in North and South America), including a perceived ability to extinguish fires, particularly in Germany. The square appears in early and late medieval medical textbooks such as the Trotula, and was employed as a medieval cure for many ailments, particularly for dog bites and rabies, as well as for insanity, and relief during childbirth. First signs of this square have been found in Pompeii 

SATOR

(nominative noun; from serere, "to sow") sower, planter, founder, progenitor  originator; literally 'seeder';

AREPO

unknown word, perhaps a proper name, either invented to complete the palindrome or of a non-Latin origin 

TENET

(verb; from tenere, 'to hold') he/she/it holds, keeps, comprehends, possesses, masters, preserves, sustains;

OPERA

(ablative singular noun) service, pains, labor; care, effort, attention;

ROTAS

(rotās, accusative plural of rota) wheels.

 "The sower, from the alpha to the Omega, holds the wheels with effort".