What the sign label means
The first 30° of the sidereal zodiac. In a chart, Aries is a location on the circle—not a complete description of a person.
A body is listed in Aries when its normalized sidereal longitude falls from 0°00′ up to—but not including—30°00′. The exact degree within the sign remains important, particularly near either edge.
Sign is not the same as house
The sign is a fixed part of the 360° circle. In a whole-sign chart, the house number depends on the ascendant: the rising sign is house one, and the following signs are numbered in order. Aries can therefore be a different house in different birth charts.
Element and mode are traditional classification labels. They do not, on their own, establish a personality or predict an event.