How do I move for a job without hurting my partner and roots?

You are moving toward something for your work, but you can feel what it costs the person beside you and the roots you have grown, and that weight is real. Caring about the toll does not make you weak or ungrateful for the opportunity. It makes you someone who sees the whole picture, not just your own ambition. A move is never only your decision when it uproots someone you love. Your partner's losses are as real as your gains, even when they are quieter, and pretending otherwise now will cost you later. The move can still be right, but only if it is made together, with both of you seen. Before anything is settled, sit down and ask your partner plainly what they are afraid of losing and what would make the move bearable for them. Really listen. A move you carry together can work. One that quietly sacrifices them for you will follow you to the new place. Start with the conversation.