A bit of background
House Targaryen of Dragonstone is one of the most ancient families in Westeros, dating back to the Valaryian freehold. The family ruled the kingdom for 500 years until Robert Baratheon's rebellion broke their rule and the surviving members of the family fled across the narrow sea.
The Significance of the Sigil and Words
The Targaryen sigil takes the form of a red three-headed dragon on a field of black and their words read Fire and Blood. These seem to be obvious on the front with the Targaryen ties to dragons and their words as boast to their bloody conquests, but as with every other house and their words and sigils, this concept runs far deeper than meets the eye.
Beginning first with the symbolism of the three headed dragon, it is seen within the books to represent Aegon, Visenya and Rheanys and their three dragons when they first made conquest across Westeros, but deeper than this it may represent Danearys and the need for another two "heads", a concept which has lead to many theories from fans attempting to guess who the other "heads" might be.
Fire and blood is another direct reference to Aegon's conquest as it was won through blood and the fire of his and his sisters dragons. It is also symbolic in nature to Dany's coming of age scene where the Targaryen blood allows her to walk through fire and come out unscathed at the other side.
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